Katherine Shindle

Kate Shindle
Born Katherine Renee Shindle
(1977-01-31) January 31, 1977
Toledo, Ohio
Nationality American
Alma mater Northwestern University
Occupation Author, singer, actress, dancer, public speaker, AIDS prevention advocate
Title Miss America 1998
Miss Illinois 1997
President of Actors' Equity Association (2015-present)
Predecessor Tara Dawn Holland
Successor Nicole Johnson

Katherine Renee "Kate" Shindle (born January 31, 1977), Miss America 1998 and Miss Illinois 1997, is an American actress, singer, dancer, and AIDS activist. She is the author of the 2014 memoir Being Miss America: Behind the Rhinestone Curtain, published by the University of Texas Press.[1][2] She is currently serving as the President of the Actors' Equity Association, elected in 2015.[3]

Biography

Shindle was born in Toledo, Ohio,[4] grew up in Brigantine, New Jersey and Moorestown, New Jersey[1][5] and attended high school at Bishop Eustace Preparatory School.[6] She was a double major in sociology and theater (with a minor in musical theater) at Northwestern University.[1][6] She has worked as an Actress in New York since 1999.[1] Shindle is also a licensed real estate agent.[1]

Shindle appeared (as a replacement) in the Broadway production of Jekyll & Hyde as understudy for the role of Lucy and several other roles.[7] After being cast by co-directors Sam Mendes and Rob Marshall, she played the role of Sally Bowles in the 1998 Broadway revival of Cabaret on the national tour in 2000-2001, and on Broadway during June–July 2001.[8] She played this role again in the Maltz Jupiter Theatre (Jupiter, Florida) production, starting in January 2012, and was nominated for a 2013 Carbonell Award.[9] In 2007-08 she appeared in the Broadway musical Legally Blonde as Vivienne Kensington.[10] She played the Mad Hatter in the Broadway production of Wonderland in 2011.[7][11]

She appeared in a concert version of Jeykll & Hyde in September 2004 at the Mohegan Sun Casino's Cabaret Theatre in Uncasville, Connecticut, playing Lucy.[12] She then toured in the United States with the concert version, starting in September 2005, and recorded the role on the Jekyll & Hyde: Resurrection album.[13]

Selected performances

Film

Theater

Broadway

National Tour

Regional

  • The Sting (2018) – Billie – Paper Mill Playhouse[16]

Publications

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Witchel, Alex (August 28, 2014). "Taking the Crown, Then Taking Orders: Former Miss America Kate Shindle Revisits Favorite Haunts". New York Times.
  2. 1 2 Elisa, Lala (August 18, 2014). "Miss America winner writes book documenting experiences". Press of Atlantic City.
  3. ↑ Purcell, Carey. "Actress, Newly Elected Equity President and Former Miss America Kate Shindle On Still Trying to "Cobble Together a Living" Playbill, August 2015
  4. ↑ "Broadway World Biography". Broadway World.
  5. ↑ Marcus, Joan. "Author Alison Bechdel and actor Katherine Shindle dish on the Tony winning musical Fun Home opening Tuesday in Philly", The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 7, 2017. Accessed November 29, 2017. "A critical and commercial hit when it opened in 2015 on Broadway, the show kicked off a national tour in October and stars former Miss America Katherine Shindle (Legally Blonde on Broadway, Cabaret national tour), who grew up in New Jersey, in Brigantine and Moorestown, and attended Bishop Eustace Preparatory School in Pennsauken."
  6. 1 2 "Miss America: Miss Illinois 1997". Miss America.
  7. 1 2 3 "Kate Shindle Broadway" PlaybillVault, accessed August 17, 2015
  8. ↑ Tauber, Michelle; Neill, Mike; Russell, Lisa; Fowler, Joanne; Dam, Julie; Tresniowski, Alex; Miller, Samantha; Dougherty, Steve; Yu, Ting (October 16, 2000). "American Beauties: 80 Years". People.
  9. ↑ Hetrick, Adam. "Cabaret, Starring Kate Shindle, Begins at Maltz Jupiter Theatre Jan. 10", Playbill, January 10, 2012
  10. ↑ Pincus-Roth, Zachary. "Legally Blonde Ends San Francisco Run Feb. 24; Broadway Next", Playbill, February 24, 2007
  11. ↑ Jones, Kenneth. "Take Me Back to Mad Hatter: Wonderland, With Janet Dacal as Alice, Begins on Broadway", Playbill, March 21, 2011
  12. ↑ Hernandez, Ernio. "Broadway's Robert Evan and Kate Shindle Reprise Jekyll & Hyde in Concert, Sept. 8-12", Playbill, August 21, 2004
  13. ↑ Keddy, Genevieve Rafter. "Photo Coverage: Jekyll & Hyde in Concert", broadwayworld, February 2, 2006
  14. ↑ "University of Texas Press Biography". University of Texas Press.
  15. ↑ http://www.broadway.com/buzz/185683/maple-avenues-newest-residents-kate-shindle-robert-petkoff-more-set-for-fun-home-national-tour/
  16. ↑ "The Sting - Paper Mill Playhouse". Paper Mill Playhouse. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Tara Dawn Holland		 Miss America
1998		 Succeeded by
Nicole Johnson
Preceded by
Tania Gibson		 Miss Illinois
1997		 Succeeded by
Ashley Eisenhauer

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