"The Wicked Witch of the East" - Wicked: The Musical (2003)

Replacing her father as the Eminent Thropp of Muchkinland, Nessarose ruled over her subjects as an "unelected official", where she began stripping them of their rights and freedoms in an effort to keep her unrequited love - Boq - with her. Among these rules, she put in place a complete ban on the Munchkin's abilities to leave her region. Her people soon turned against her, believing that she was just as "wicked" as her sister, the so-called Wicked Witch of the West that was flying around Oz fighting for the liberties of Animals and speaking out against the Wizard's rule.

In a fit of blind rage upon learning that Boq was in love with Glinda and was only in her service due to her being in a wheelchair, something he had been keeping from Nessa since he first invited her to the Shiz University Ball when they were younger, she attempted to use a spell from the Grimmerie to curse him. However, due to her mispronunciation of the magic words, the spell caused his heart to begin to shrink away into nothingness. Realising what she had done, she begged Elphaba to save him from death, mournfully calling herself the Wicked Witch of the East as she pleaded for him to forgive and stay with her. As Boq - now fully sealed within a suit of tin - ran screaming into the night, she blamed and cursed Elphaba that everything that had happened was her fault.

At the suggestion of Glinda, she was used as a pawn by Madame Morrible and the Wizard in their efforts to catch Elphaba, being crushed by a falling farmhouse that was carried across the sky by a twister. The only thing of hers to survive was her silver slippers, which had been recently enchanted by Elphaba to allow Nessa to walk. She died being despised by the people of Munckinland.

Her death dealt a massive blow to both Glinda and Elphaba, straining their friendship to the breaking point. Elphaba would go on to blame herself for this action, declaring that she would not use her magic for any "good deed" as nothing she seemed to do could save losing the people she cared the most for. This pushed her to further take on the moniker of the Wizard's bane: the Wicked Witch of the West.