Thank you for checking out my website!
I am Jacob Thompson and introducing myself will save me writing this all in the third person.
I grew up in Des Moines, Iowa, one of five kids. I got my start in community theater and opera, toured the nation and Canada with a children's choir and have never really done anything else but sing and act. My only high school job other than dinner theater was running sound and lights for my father's hypnosis stage show.
I followed my best friend to New York at 17 and attended Wagner College on Staten Island. Their classical approach to class work balanced my summers when I worked intense seasons at rural summerstocks including the Papermill Theater (NH) and Arundel Barn (MN). I graduated and moved to Astoria, NY like everybody else I knew and started working in a Time Square tourist joint - Ellen's Stardust Diner - a restaurant where the waiters sing, dance and serve to the bustling crowds attending nearby "Mamma Mia" and "Wicked". Singing on Broadway. Technically. My second home for seven years in between gigs that chapter of my life is closed. Now I am a free agent now making my living singing, catering, modeling and event promoting to get from show to show.
I spent last year singing lead (and only) male on the Carnival Glory and saw a bit more of the world while singing 80's pop astride a rotating, levitating, giant pink phone. I have pictures. Now that I'm back, I'm married and committed to New York. I am now with Andreadis Talent and still attending every open call and class I can.
I also do a weekly video blog. I am taping classes, auditions and performances all over the city, not too mention just my weird and wonderful life. You should watch it and comment on it. Just do it. Thank you for visiting my website!