Jessica Pennington
Lead Vocals

Name: Jessica Pennington

Birthday: November 13

Astrological Sign: Scorpio… well now, that explains it…

Favorite Color: As long as it has rhinestones, we'll get along fine...

Favorite Restaurant
(and what you eat there):
In & Out Burger…. DoubleDouble baby

Where were you born?
California Girl… albeit one with a severe East Coast Attitude...

Musical influences/favorite performers, etc.:
Pat Benatar, Melissa Etheridge, Terri Nunn, Patti LuPone, Bernadette Peters, Ethel Merman, & Kristen Chenoweth

What is your day job(s)?
Actress

When did you start playing your instrument and what made you decide on it?
According to Pennington Lore: I was singing to the Olive Tree before I could talk… an Olive Tree?  Hmmm maybe that explains it…

What other notable musical collaborations have you been a part of (bands, plays, films, etc.)?
The UnderCover Girls

What is your favorite concert or performance you’ve ever been to?
Sutton Foster in THOURGHLY MODERN MILLIE and Zoë Wannamaker in ELECTRA.

What brought you to the UnderCover Girls?
auditioned for the girls and I guess they thought I didn’t suck.

Do you come from a musical family (or are you a genius-prodigy-freak of nature)?
genius-prodigy-freak of nature.

If you could be a tree, what kind of tree would you be and would you let a wood chuck chuck you?
Would have to be an Olive Tree.  And it depends on Chuck.

Disregard that last question, it’s not original enough.
But I have a whole Olive Tree theme going here!

What are your hobbies/interests?
Theatre, Theatre and more Theatre

What would you most like people to know about the UnderCover Girls?
That these ladies are the most generous, dedicated, extraordinary souls I have ever had the privilege to call friends.  Oh, and we’re gonna rock your little socks off!

What most inspires you to create music?
Julie, Tris, Liza, & Sylvie.

Do you have a favorite quote?
"Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first."
- Mark Twain

"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."
- Oscar Wilde

"All is One"

What Kind of World Do You Want?