Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 47 minutes ago
2025 was a big year for Jasmine Amy Rogers: She made her Broadway debut in BOOP! The Musical, got rave reviews for her star-making performance, earned a Tony nomination....and then Boop! closed after three months. A week after she said goodbye to a musical she'd been working on for two years, Rogers got an email asking if she would come in for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; director Danny Mefford was considering her for the role of Olive.
Recalls Rogers: "And then I waited, like, two days [after that audition], and then I found out I had it." Now, Rogers is breaking everyone's hearts every night in the revival of the William Finn-Rachel Sheinkin musical, which has been enjoying a healthy run at New York Stages since last November.
In an exclusive for Playbill, see Rogers sing "My Friend, The Dictionary" in the Playbill Studio in the video above.
2025 was a big year for Jasmine Amy Rogers: She made her Broadway debut in BOOP! The Musical, got rave reviews for her star-making performance, earned a Tony nomination....and then Boop! closed after three months. A week after she said goodbye to a musical she'd been working on for two years, Rogers got an email asking if she would come in for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; director Danny Mefford was considering her for the role of Olive.
Recalls Rogers: "And then I waited, like, two days [after that audition], and then I found out I had it." Now, Rogers is breaking everyone's hearts every night in the revival of the William Finn-Rachel Sheinkin musical, which has been enjoying a healthy run at New York Stages since last November.
In an exclusive for Playbill, see Rogers sing "My Friend, The Dictionary" in the Playbill Studio in the video above.
