Interview with Kendra Schneider the Stage Manager for Evita
1) What would be your dream role? Tracey Turnblad from Hairspray
2) If there was a movie based on your life who would you pick to play YOU? (Laughs) Jeffrey Martinez…no…who would I have play me? Well, Meryl Streep could play anyone, but I would have to say Nikki Blonsky from Hairspray.
3) What inspires you? Lots of things inspire me. My mother inspires me to reach for any goal because she has made it happen for her own life. Even her faith in me inspires me to do more. My friends also inspire me to be a better person.
4) Hidden talents? I can make a three leaf clover with my tongue. I can also do a pretty good Stitch impression from Lilo & Stitch.
5) Do you have any phobias? I am really afraid of moths!
6) If you could be a superhero what would be your superpower? I always say I want the power to read people’s minds, but then I think that my life would be miserable. So, I think that I would want to be invisible. It would be cool to have a Harry Potter invisible cloak. Does that make me a creeper?
7) Mac or PC? Mac
8) If you had to eat one meal for the rest of your life what would it be? Mac & Cheese. Velveeta and shells style.
9) Name two things you simply have to do in your lifetime: I would like to have a family and be a teacher at some point in my life.
10) What's the best advice anyone's ever given you? Never let your fear limit you in what you do. If it scares you, you should probably do it. I learned that from Bart McHenry.
Kendra Schneider is a Senior Theater Arts Major from Greeley, CO. Her previous APU credits include Antigone, Joe, Racing Demons and Archie and Emma. She also was Assistant Director/Stage Manager for the Night of One Acts (2009) and Makeup Artist for 42nd Street, Dancing at Lughnasa, The Music Man and Once Upon a Mattress. She will be making her directing debut this spring with The Most Massive Woman Wins in the One Act Play Festival.
Evita Opens October 1st, 2009, Get your Tickets at - www.apu.edu/theater or 626-815-5494.
