Jennifer Trijo is a Filipino multi-disciplinary artist living and working in Kaurna Yerta. She has achieved commercial success as an actor-singer-musician in music theatre having toured with several productions. Most recently, she finished touring with the original Australian cast of Hadestown (Opera Australia & Jones Theatrical Group) in the role of Fate 2 (violin) & Persephone cover. She has performed the roles of: Baruska (accordion) in the Australian tour of Once (Darlinghurst Theatre Company| Black Swan State Theatre Company | HOTA); Janelle Woods and Shirelle in Beautiful – the Carole King Musical (Matt Ward Entertainment); Ms. Mendoza in The Deep North, the first African-Australian musical (South Australian Playwrights Theatre); Hua Mulan, Pocahontas, and Badroulbadour in Disenchanted (Mad About Theatre); and Kim in the Australian tour of Miss Saigon (LWAA | Michael Coppel). Since releasing her debut self-titled EP, she has composed approximately 100 original songs. Recent career highlights include being named a 2024 Finalist in the APRA AMCOS Professional Development Awards in the Music Theatre category for her musical Dragonfly, and winning a 2024 Green Room Award for Best Artist Ensemble in Commercial Music Theatre with the multi-talented cast of Once the musical. She collaborates as a multi-instrumentalist with the Nexus Arts Orchestra and Hyoshi in Counterpoint ensembles, and regularly performs and presents work at the OzAsia Festival and Adelaide Fringe Festival. Jennifer is a graduate of the B Music & B Education double degree at UNSW and a proud member of the MEAA.
More details on Jennifer’s actor-singer CV, including media reviews, can be found here.
Latest news
Jennifer is busy developing a new musical and has just been announced as one of the recipients of a Cultivate @ Nexus Arts Residency. She will receive a 4-week residency and $7K to progress her new work to present at the Adelaide Fringe 2026. The cast will be announced at 12pm on Friday 7 November 2025. And there’s more exciting news to come!
Blog
Oz Asia 2024
It was another great year performing at one of my favourite festivals. Oz Asia closed on 10 November but before that I had a nice balance of music and acting gigs. I performed with Hyoshi in Counterpoint on the first weekend of the festival, then I shared my original songs accompanied by my band on…
I booked Hadestown!
On Monday 21 October, I could finally share some big news that I’ve had to keep quiet for about three and a half months. I’m in the original Australian company of Hadestown! I will be performing the role of Fate 2 (violin) and covering Persephone. This marks a significant point in my career as an…
Belated 2023 reflections
Yes, it’s August in 2024. I’ve been consistent in updating my Instagram feed with the latest projects happening in my career, however, I realise I haven’t posted on this blog since the cast announcement of Beautiful. Shame on me. In an attempt to return to more regular blog updates for the latter half of 2024…
Beautiful – The Carole King Musical Part 1
I am so delighted to share that I’ve been booked to perform in Beautiful – The Carole King Musical! It will be produced by Matt Ward Entertainment and presented at The Star, Gold Coast. I will be joining these gorgeous humans in bringing to life the story of legendary singer-songwriter Carole King. We start rehearsals…
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