Jason Forbach

Early life Forbach graduated with his Bachelor of Music in 2000 from University of Missouri where he was the recipient of the Chancellor's Emerging Artist Award that year. He went on to complete his Masters with academic distinction at New England Conservatory in Boston.

In 2009, Forbach played the dual role of Rapunzel's Prince and The Wolf in Into the Woods at the Wells Fargo Pavilion.

In 2012, Forbach joined the 25th Anniversary national tour cast of Les Misérables as Feuilly and an understudy for Enjolras. He later took over the role of Enjolras playing opposite his real-life husband Joseph Spieldenner as Grantaire until the tour closed. In 2013, he received acclaim for his performance as Chris Scott in the North Shore Music Theatre production of Miss Saigon.

In March 2014, Forbach returned to Les Misérables in the second Broadway revival. Once again playing Feuilly and understudying Enjolras. He briefly took over the role of Enjolras again in October 2014 and left the role in November of that same year. He continued with the production playing Feuilly and the Factory Foreman. In 2020, his one-hour period drama TV pilot Brooklyn Pansy was named a Grand Prize Winner in the WeScreenplay Spring 2020 Diverse Voices Screenwriting Lab.

In 2022, Forbach joined the New York City Center Encores! production of Into the Woods as the male swing. He would end up going on for Rapunzel's Prince for a majority of the run when Jordan Donica was sick. On February 23, he went on for the Baker last second for the second act of the production's preview performance at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., he would then proceed to open the show's engagement as the Baker that weekend and play the role for the majority of the performances at the Kennedy Center while Arcelus was recovering from an injury. Andy Karl and understudies Sam Simahk and Eddie Lopez played Rapunzel's Prince in his place. On February 28, Forbach announced on his Instagram stories he'd be playing the Baker during the 6-day absence of Arcelus at the Emerson Colonial Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts. Simahk played Rapunzel's Prince in his place. He also played the Baker during the production's closing weekend at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Nashville, Tennessee with Lopez playing Rapunzel's Prince in his place.

In 2024, it was announced that Forbach will make his film directorial debut with the short thriller film The Delicate Medium from a screenplay he wrote. Production was originally set to begin in the summer of 2025, but was postponed to 2026.

Since Into the Woods, Forbach has joined the Broadway casts of A Wonderful World which opened in October 2024, and Ragtime opened in October 2025.

Personal life On February 9, 2016, he married actor Joseph Spieldenner.

Filmography Film + As a filmmaker Year Title Role Notes TBA The Delicate Medium writer and director Short film

Television

Stage Source:

2022–2023 u/s The Bakeru/s The Wolf / Cinderella's Princeu/s Rapunzel's Princeu/s The Narrator / The Mysterious Man

Rapunzel's Prince;u/s The Baker

The Baker U.S. National Tour February 23 – March 11 March 28 – April 2May 26–28 The Rocky Horror Show Brad Majors Bucks County Playhouse Regional 2024-2025 A Wonderful World Crooner / White Gangster / Larry The Reporter u/s Joe Glaser Studio 54 Broadway 2025 Cabaret Clifford Bradshaw Guthrie Theater Regional 2025-2026 Ragtime Henry Ford / Ensemble u/s The Fatheru/s The Mother's Younger Brother Vivian Beaumont Theatre Broadway