Kendra Kassebaum
Birthday: 12 May 1973, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Kendra Kassebaum was born on May 12, 1973 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. She is an actress, known for Love and Other Impossible Pursuits (2009), Simply Red: Backstage at 'Annie' with Lilla Cra ...Show More
[on doing eight shows a week on the Wicked National Tour] "It definitely is a challenge because I ca Show more
[on doing eight shows a week on the Wicked National Tour] "It definitely is a challenge because I came to Glinda through more of an acting standpoint. I never really trained to be an opera singer or anything like that, so that's been definitely a challenge. But right now I'm at the point where I feel really good in the tour. I'm having fun. I'm not having to think about the singing technique. Now it's fun six months into it." Hide
[on Wicked's popularity] I think it's universal with humans that sometimes you just don't quite fit Show more
[on Wicked's popularity] I think it's universal with humans that sometimes you just don't quite fit into the mold of what people or society wants you to be. I think anytime you see an underdog, you want to root for that person. And I think that's why it's huge with a lot of young women. Hide
I was finding that I would get obsessed in the beginning of the tour. I was doing these 40-minute wa Show more
I was finding that I would get obsessed in the beginning of the tour. I was doing these 40-minute warm-ups, just giving myself a workout, and I came across a wonderful speech pathologist in Chicago, and she was like, "Kendra, just warm it up a little. Save it for the stage." Mentally, I always thought that singers spent all this time warming up, and some of them do because it's what they have to do, but I found for me, I just have to check if everything's there and then just go out and do it. Hide
[Talking of her experience in Assassins] "That was probably one of the highlights of my career, comi Show more
[Talking of her experience in Assassins] "That was probably one of the highlights of my career, coming to work and seeing Stephen Sondheim standing there. It was such a small, intimate gig. You felt like you were doing something really important, especially during the time of the election. You felt like you were part of something a little bit bigger, contributing something. That's the best way I can explain it. It didn't seem like a commercial musical theater moment. It felt more artistic." Hide
Kendra Kassebaum's FILMOGRAPHY
as Actor (1)
