I plan to do my profile on Leslie Werden. After getting to know her in Mamma Mia! I have learned that she is a much more interesting person than I originally thought (because I was initially terrified of her).

I have an interview set up with her that has not happened yet so I don’t really have any information to put here yet that is an actual story. I plan to talk to her about balancing the work she does at Morningside and her work in the community theatre scene.

I also plan to talk to some of her students that know her mainly in a classroom setting that have watched her on stage and talk about the perception of people and how it changes when the are actors. I personally find it weird that the perception of a person can change after seeing them on stage because the person is playing a character, not performing as themselves.

This is a common problem in the entertainment industry that can be seen when an actor is most commonly associated with one character they have played or get typed in to a certain personality that is extremely different then how they really are. I plan to explore this in the more “educational” side of the profile.