MEET BEN W. HEIL
Singing Page in As You Like It
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At the Theatre Company: A Christmas Carol (Peter Cratchit, Schoolboy, Ensemble). Other Theatres: Peter Pan (Michael Darling), Shrek The Musical (Young Shrek, Baby Bear), Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre. Training: Stephanie Blake (Voice), Brian Stinar DSA vocal intensive.

• What was the role that changed your life? I played Michael in Peter Pan at the Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre in Grand Lake. My first major role.
• Why are you an actor? I love being on stage.
  
• What would you be doing for a career if you weren’t an actor? I would be a musician because I would still get to perform.
• Ideal scene partner: John Gallagher Jr. (He played the Moritz in Spring Awakening on Broadway and Johnny in American Idiot, among others.) He’s done so many great performances, and I could really learn from being on stage with him.
• Why does this play matter? Because the Denver Center is a great place to do theatre.
• What do you hope the audience gets out of As You Like It? I hope they go in expecting a good show and leave satisfied.
• Finish this sentence: “All I want is … “ to do as much as I can.
  

MEET LARS LUNDBERG
Singing Page in As You Like It

At the Theatre Company: Debut. Recent favorite roles include Pinocchio in Shrek the Musical (Englewood Drama) and Kurt Von Trapp in The Sound of Music (Englewood Drama). Lars also played a Lieutenant/Troubadour in Cinderella’s Glass Slipper (Academy of Theater Arts) and a Salesman/ensemble in The Music Man, Jr. (Englewood Drama). Lars was selected to the Colorado 5th Grade All-State Choir for 2015 and appeared in nearly a dozen productions in his six years as a member of the Wilder Drama Club.

• Hometown: Littleton
• School: 6^th grader at STEM Middle School (majoring in being a goofball)
• What was the role that changed your life? It wasn’t actually a role I was playing; instead it was when I went to see a friend who was playing Oliver. When I saw him up there on stage, I decided that I wanted to be the one on the stage, performing a great role and having all those people clap for me.
• Why are you an actor? I love acting because it’s so much fun. It has also given me the opportunity to meet and get to spend time with the most interesting, creative people in the world.
• What other activities do you enjoy? I am thinking about trying to pursue a professional acting career, but I also really like aerospace engineering, and I might try to study that when I go to college.
• Ideal scene partner: Ramin Karimloo, who played Jean Valjean in Les Misérables on Broadway, because he is very experienced, and a super-talented singer and actor.
• Why does this play matter? Because it’s so funny, and it helps people see that Shakespeare isn’t as boring as they might think.
• What do you hope the audience gets out of As You Like It? I hope that the audience will understand that Shakespeare is actually really fun – and that they laugh so hard they pee their pants.
• Finish this sentence: “All I want is … “ to help make the world have less discrimination and more kindness.