 She later went on to originate the role of Rusty in the first national tour of "Footloose" the musical.She was seen by United States President Barack Obama at the Cadillac Palace Theater in her performance of "The Color Purple" in Chicago.Her theater resume includes such shows as Gary Marshall's "Happy Days", "Jesus Christ Superstar", Irish dance show "Celtic Fusion", for which she recorded the soundtrack in Edinburgh, Scotland, "Little Shop of Horrors", "Grease", to name a few.