Meet the Cast of Walk Two Moons - Skyler Schrempp

Walk Two Moons is less than a week away! We have just a couple more awesome actors to introduce to you before opening on November 5^th. As always, we thank them all for their dedication, and hope you enjoy getting to know a little more about them. Up now – a girl who should be commended for her bravery because she accepted one of the hardest roles in the theater, that of an understudy. Here is Skyler Schrempp, who is understudying the role of Sal!

ASC: Did you have a wild imagination as a child like Phoebe?

Skyler:  Yes, I still do! 

ASC: What moment in the show has had the deepest impact on you?

Spoiler Alert, this response might reveal details about the end of the show!!!!

Skyler:  I think when you understand what's happened to Sal's mom. It makes everything fall into place.

ASC: Have you ever been on a road trip? If so, tell us about it. If not, what is a road trip you’d like to take?

Skyler: I drove cross country on old route 66 a couple years ago with some friends.  We were all pretty unhappy at the direction our lives were going and so we ran away from our problems and drove towards bigger skies, mountains, canyons.  The farther we got the clearer things became. Sometimes a mountain sunset provides the best advice on what to do next.

ASC: Did you read the novel? If so, how did the novel help you develop your character?

Skyler:  I did read the novel!  I actually listened to it as a book on tape on a road trip with my parents!  Novels are great because they have a lot of description and inner thoughts of characters that you can't always get from just dialogue, which is what a play is.  Novels can tell you what characters are thinking in the most candid way whereas most plays have to show those thoughts masked through what we say out loud...which isn't always the truth.

ASC: What connection do you have to your character?

Skyler: I am a fantastic story teller.  My best stories are ghost stories.

ASC: What do you think the message of this story is?

Skyler: I think this is a story about mothers.  I think it encourages children to see their moms as individuals with needs, past histories and such.  As a child you see your parents as parents.  They exist only in relationship to you.  This story really challenges kids to see their parents, mothers specifically, as people with important needs.

ASC: What challenges have you faced or do you anticipate facing with this production?

Skyler:  Well I'm an understudy and I've never done that before so I think taking on that responsibility will be a new and challenging one!

ASC: What are you hoping someone will ask you after the show?

Skyler: hmmm...I'm hoping it will be a surprise!

Thank you Skyler! As always, special thanks to Merissa Stewart for doing the interviewing. We’ll post our last actor’s interview on Thursday, so be sure to check back then!