Kate Shindle, Miss America 1998 and Miss Illinois 1997, is an actress, singer, and dancer. She is the author of the 2014 memoir Being Miss America: Behind the Rhinestone Curtain, published by the University of Texas Press. Her Broadway credits include Jekyll & Hyde, Cabaret, Legally Blonde, 8, and Wonderland. She was also on the National Tour of Cabaret in 1999. She is currently serving as the President of the Actors' Equity Association, elected in 2015.
On this podcast, you’ll hear how Kate started on her path to the corner office she now occupies by refusing to be complacent about an issue that bugged her years ago. (My favorite people in this industry are complacency crushers like Kate.) You’ll also hear . . .
- How being Miss America was an asset and a liability for her acting career.
- The hardest part about being a working actor in New York City.
- What’s going on with the minimum wage situation in LA . . . and why she can’t say too much about it.
- Her plans for technology to improve the audition process.
- About the myth of “The Equity One.”
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