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BIO

Jon is the choreographer of Dance Sequences for Floyd Collins, and an Associate Choreographer for BOOP!; both musicals open on Broadway this Spring 2025.



Other credits include: 3 Summers of Lincoln, The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson musical, PHISH’s ‘Send in the Clones’, numbers for Broadway’s SpongeBob Squarepants, The Cher Show, SpongeBob Musical Live on Nick, Isn’t It Romantic, Macbeth & Rent (Osf), West Side Story (Mil Rep), Godspell (PCLO), The Hombres (Two River), Jesus Christ Superstar & Aida (Muny), Coheed & Cambria (“Old Flames”), Lawrence (“More”), the New York Lotto.

As an Actor, Jon is an original cast member of the Award-Winning musicals Hamilton, SpongeBob, Hands on a Hardbody, and In The Heights. On the screen, he has appeared in Smile 2, Blacklist, Blue Bloods, Law & Order, Fall to Rise, First Reformed.

As a Writer, his new play First Gen, is currently in development with La Jolla Playhouse, and his explorative short film Unknown was selected for the New York Latino Film Festival.

All is done to honor everyday I have on this earth, for my mother, family, and my Jana.

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STAGE CREDITS

Annie Annie
[St. Louis, MO (Regional)]
Muny Production, 2018
Rooster
SpongeBob SquarePants SpongeBob SquarePants
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2017
Ensemble
Hamilton Hamilton
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2015
Ensemble
Hamilton (Understudy) [Replacement]
Hamilton Hamilton
[Off-Broadway]
World Premiere Production, 2015
Ensemble
Kung Fu Kung Fu
[Off-Broadway]
Signature Theatre Company Production, 2014
Performer
Hands on a Hardbody Hands on a Hardbody
[Broadway]
La Jolla Playhouse Broadway Transfer, 2013
Performer
The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
[Off-Broadway]
Second Stage Theatre Production, 2010
Macedonio Guerra (Understudy)
Damn Yankees Damn Yankees
[Off-Broadway]
Encores! Summer Stars Revival, 2008
Ensemble
In the Heights In the Heights
[Broadway]
Broadway Transfer, 2008
Graffiti Pete [Replacement]
Sonny [Replacement]
Performer (Swing) [Replacement]
Grafitti Pete (Understudy) [Replacement]
Usnavi (Understudy) [Replacement]
Sonny (Understudy) [Replacement]
In the Heights
[Off-Broadway]
Original Off-Broadway Production, 2007
Ensemble [Replacement]

Productions

Jesus Christ SuperstarJesus Christ Superstar
 
[St. Louis, MO (Regional), 2017]
Choreographer

Actor Credits:

2022 The Hombres (Two River Theater) : Beto

2011 Somewhere (The Old Globe) : Alejandro

Choreographer Credits:

2025: Floyd Collins (dance sequences)

2025: 3 Summers of Lincoln (co-choreographer)

2025: BOOP! on Broadway (associate)

2023 Boop! The Betty Boop Musical (CIBC) (associate)

2023 The Unauthorized Untitled Hunter S. Thompson Musical (La Jolla Playhouse) 

2023 Rent (Oregon Shakespeare Festival)

2022 Godspell (PCLO)

2022 The Hombres (Two River Theater)

2019 West Side Story (Milwaukee Repertory Theater)

2018 The Cher Show (Neil Simon Theater) :  Co-Choreographer "Believe"

2017 SpongeBob Squarepants (The Palace Theater): Co-Choreographer "When The Going Gets Tough"

2016 Aida (The Muny)

 


Movies

Fall to Rise
[ 2014 ] Magic
First Reformed
[ 2017 ] 1st Repairman
Isn't It Romantic
[ 2019 ] Dancer
Hamilton
[ 2020 ] Charles Lee, Ensemble
Smile 2
[ 2024 ] Anton

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by Stephi Wild - Sep 15, 2023

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Jon Rua has appeared on Broadway in 4 shows.

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