Katherine Shindle
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Kate Shindle, at MTV taping of Legally Blonde, September 18, 2007
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| Born | January 31, 1977 Toledo, Ohio |
| Alma mater | Northwestern University |
| Occupation | Author, Actress, Public Speaker, AIDS prevention advocate |
| Title | Miss America 1998 Miss Illinois 1997 |
| 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]
Contents
Biography
Shindle was born in Toledo, Ohio,[3] grew up in Brigantine, New Jersey[1] and attended high school at Bishop Eustace Preparatory School.[4] She was a double major in sociology and theater (with a minor in musical theater) at Northwestern University.[4][1] She has worked as an actress in New York since 1999.[1] Shindle is also a licensed real estate agent.[1]
She is the president of the Actors' Equity Association, elected in 2015.[5]
Shindle appeared (as a replacement) in the Broadway production of Jekyll & Hyde as "Lucy" understudy and several other roles.[6] She played the role of Sally Bowles in the 1998 Broadway revival of Cabaret from June 19, 2001 to July 1, 2001. She played this role again in the Maltz Jupiter Theatre (Florida) production, starting in January 2012.[7] In 2007 she appeared in the Broadway musical Legally Blonde as "Vivienne Kensington."[8] She played the "Mad Hatter" in the Broadway production of Wonderland in 2011.[9][6]
She appeared in a concert verson of Jeykll & Hyde in September 2004 at the Mohegan Sun Casino's Cabaret Theatre in Uncasville, Connecticut, playing "Lucy."[10] She then toured in the U. S. with the concert version, starting in September 2005.[11]
Selected performances
Film
- The Stepford Wives (2004) - Beth
- Capote (2005) - Rose
- Lucky Stiff (2014) - Dominique
Theater
- Cabaret - Performer: Sally Bowles[1]
- Legally Blonde - Performer: Vivienne Kensington[1]
- Wonderland -Performer: The Mad Hatter
- Jekyll & Hyde - Performer: A Young Girl, Bet, Bridesmaid, Housemaid, Nurse; Understudy: Lucy[12]
Publications
- Shindle, Kate. Being Miss America: Behind the Rhinestone Curtain, University of Texas Press, 2014.[1][2]
- Shindle, Kate. "The Real Housewives of Miss America." Daily Beast, September 21, 2014.
- Shindle, Kate. "Running low on role models: Miss Nevada's out, Tara Conner's wobbly reign continues, and we're left wondering: What are beauty queens for, anyway?." Salon (website), December 26, 2006.
References
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- ↑ Purcell, Carey. "Actress, Newly Elected Equity President and Former Miss America Kate Shindle On Still Trying to "Cobble Together a Living" Playbill, August 2015
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Kate Shindle Broadway" PlaybillVault, accessed August 17, 2015
- ↑ Hetrick, Adam. "Cabaret, Starring Kate Shindle, Begins at Maltz Jupiter Theatre Jan. 10", Playbill, January 10, 2012
- ↑ Pincus-Roth, Zachary. "Legally Blonde Ends San Francisco Run Feb. 24; Broadway Next", Playbill, February 24, 2007
- ↑ Jones, Kenneth. "Take Me Back to Mad Hatter: Wonderland, With Janet Dacal as Alice, Begins on Broadway", Playbill, March 21, 2011
- ↑ Hernandez, Ernio. "Broadway's Robert Evan and Kate Shindle Reprise Jekyll & Hyde in Concert, Sept. 8-12", Playbill, August 21, 2004
- ↑ Keddy, Genevieve Rafter. "Photo Coverage: Jekyll & Hyde in Concert", broadwayworld, February 2, 2006
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| Awards and achievements | ||
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| Preceded by | Miss America 1998 |
Succeeded by Nicole Johnson |
| Preceded by
Tania Gibson
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Miss Illinois 1997 |
Succeeded by Ashley Eisenhauer |
- Articles with hCards
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- 1977 births
- Living people
- American musical theatre actresses
- Miss America winners
- Miss America 1998 delegates
- Miss America Preliminary Talent winners
- Northwestern University School of Communication alumni
- Actresses from Toledo, Ohio
- Actresses from New Jersey
- 20th-century American actresses
- 21st-century American actresses
- People from Brigantine, New Jersey
- American memoirists
- American film actresses
- American stage actresses
- Women memoirists
- HIV/AIDS activists
- American women writers
- 21st-century American writers
- 21st-century women writers
