Keri René Fuller and Emma Flynn Join the Company as Elphaba and Glinda

 

WICKED Welcomes New Cast Members to Broadway

Keri René Fuller and Emma Flynn Join the Company as Elphaba and Glinda

Beginning March 3 at Broadway’s Gershwin Theatre

The Broadway blockbuster Wicked will welcome two new principal cast members to the Gershwin Theatre this spring.

Beginning Tuesday, March 3, Keri René Fuller will assume the role of Elphaba full-time. Fuller is currently the production’s standby for the role. She will be joined by Emma Flynn, who steps into the role of Glinda, marking her Broadway debut. Flynn most recently starred as Cher Horowitz in the West End production of Clueless.

Current cast members Lencia Kebede (Elphaba) and Allie Trimm (Glinda) will play their final performances on Sunday, March 1. Additional principal casting announcements will be made in the coming weeks.

About the Cast

KERI RENÉ FULLER (Elphaba) has appeared on Broadway in SIX (Jane Seymour), Jagged Little Pill, and Waitress (Francine, Jenna understudy). Her Off-Broadway credits include The Last Bimbo of the Apocalypse (Coco), and she appeared on the national tour of Cats as Grizabella. Television credits include Law & Order: SVU.

Her regional work includes [title of show] (Heidi), Murder Ballad (Sara), Les Misérables (Eponine), Lizzie (Lizzie Borden), A Chorus Line (Maggie), Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Rachel), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Helena), and Titus Andronicus (Lavinia).

Workshops include Gatsby with Florence + The Machine at A.R.T. and Living Quarters at Irish Repertory Theatre. Fuller has also appeared in symphonic concerts including Defying Gravity: An Evening with Stephen Schwartz and From New York With Love: Hugh Jackman at Radio City Music Hall. She releases original music under the name DITTA, available on all major streaming platforms.

EMMA FLYNN (Glinda) makes her Broadway debut in WICKED. She recently starred as Cher Horowitz in the West End musical Clueless. Her U.S. regional credits include Guys and Dolls (Sarah Brown), Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Cynthia Weil), and Legally Blonde (Elle Woods). Flynn is a graduate of The Hartt School of Music.
Instagram: @emmaflynnstagram

About WICKED

Now in its 23rd year on Broadway, Wicked is currently the fourth-longest-running show in Broadway history.

Winner of more than 100 international awards, including a Grammy Award and three Tony Awards, WICKED has been performed in over 100 cities across 16 countries. The musical has been translated into six languages and has been seen by more than 72 million people worldwide, generating over $6.2 billion in global ticket sales.

In addition to its Broadway run, WICKED has enjoyed record-breaking sit-down engagements in Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, along with two North American tours.

Based on the novel by Gregory Maguire, WICKED features music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman. The production is directed by Joe Mantello, with musical staging by Wayne Cilento. The show is produced by Marc Platt, Universal Stage Productions, The Araca Group, Jon B. Platt, and David Stone.

The film adaptation of WICKED opened on November 22, 2024, becoming the highest-grossing film ever based on a Broadway musical. The second installment, WICKED: FOR GOOD, opened on November 21, 2025, and is currently the third highest-grossing Broadway-based film in history.

For more information, visit www.WickedTheMusical.com

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