Marcy Harriell to Hit The Heights as Vanessa

Marcy Harriell will join the cast of Tony Award winner In The Heights as the feisty young heroine Vanessa beginning November 18 at the Richard Rodgers Theater. The Broadway veteran replaces actress Karen Olivo, who departed Heights on October 26  for the forthcoming Broadway revival of West Side Story.

Harriell’s Broadway credits include Rent, Lennon and the Encores! production of Kismet. Other theater credits include Lucky Duck Old Globe Theater, Little Fish and Sorrows and Rejoicing Second Stage, and Company Kennedy Center. The actress also appeared on the big screen in director Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof, and has been a series regular on CBS’s TV series Queens Supreme.

Harriell joins current stars Andréa Burns, Janet Dacal, Tony Award nominee Robin De Jesús, Carlos Gomez, Mandy Gonzalez, Christopher Jackson, Priscilla Lopez, Tony Award nominee Olga Merediz, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Seth Stewart, Tony Chiroldes, Noemi Del Rio, Rosie Lani Fiedelman, Marcus Paul James, Nina Lafarga, Doreen Montalvo, Javier Muñoz, Krysta Rodriguez, Eliseo Román, Luis Salgado, Shaun Taylor-Corbett, Rickey Tripp, Michael Balderrama, Blanca Camacho, Joshua Henry, Stephanie Klemons, Dawn Noel Pignuola and Marcos Santana.