Kennedy: I think my favorite thing about this role is the ability to tell the story of sisters. I have sisters myself, and so I love the story that love thaws a frozen heart, which in this case, is just magic in a fairy tale, but in real life, I get to live out every day knowing that I love my sisters, and my sisters love me. And so, love really does thaw a frozen heart.
My favorite song in “Frozen” is either “I Can’t Lose You,” which is a song with my sister Elsa, or “Love is an Open Door,” which is just a super fun dancing song.
I’ve been acting pretty much my whole life, but more recently than when I was younger. I love getting on stage and getting to share my love for the theater with the world and the talent that the Lord has given me with the world as well.
Indergard: It’s been such a fun challenge to break down Elsa’s character and figure out why she does the things that she does, and her relationship with Anna — even though she’s shut Anna out for most of her life — how she views Anna and how to act around her. It’s been really interesting to break apart all of the little things that she does.
She really, really cares about her sister. Her sister is everything to her. And being an older sister myself, I see my little sister Arabella in Anna. I’s like this bubbly little girl who has so much life ahead of her, and Elsa hurts her and it just throws her off, and she wants Anna to live the most beautiful life. And to her, it seems that she is a hindrance to that beautiful life, so she takes herself out of it.
My mom signed me and my brother up for the auditions for “Les Misérables,” and we both got roles. He got Gavroche, which is the main young boy part, and I got young Éponine, and it kickstarted both of our joy for acting. He’s gone on to screen acting, and I’ve stayed in theater.
I hope to pursue musical theater in the professional world. Hopefully I’ll start in Dallas and then slowly move to New York, but we’ll see.
Lillie Kennedy played the role of Anna in the Waco Civic Theatre’s production of “Frozen.” Kennedy, 27, is a Waco native who graduated with a degree in psychology from Dallas Baptist University. When not on the stage, she has an admin role with Baylor Scott & White – Hillcrest. Her favorite musical is “Dear Evan Hansen,” and her second favorite is “Frozen.”
“I love ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ for the story it tells,” she said. “It touches a lot of hearts. And I love ‘Frozen’ for the sisterhood.”
Kenney plays the younger sister in “Frozen,” but in real life, she’s the older sister to Kaija, 25, who is the choreographer for “Frozen;” and Ainsley, 19. Their parents are Dave and Cindy Kennedy, and Cindy is also in “Frozen,” appearing in the ensemble and then again as a handmaid who helps Anna get dressed in one scene.
Juliet Indergard played the older sister Elsa in Waco Civic Theatre’s “Frozen.” A graduate of Vanguard College Preparatory School, she is a sophomore at Baylor studying musical theater. She hopes to eventually end up on the stage in New York. Her first acting gig came when she played the young Éponine in “Les Misérables” at the Waco Civic Theatre.
Indergard, 19, said her favorite musical is “Les Misérables” because of its beautiful music and the fact that it represents a pivotal time in her life, when she first took to the stage.
Indergard is the daughter of Laura and Michael Indergard. Her sister Arabella, 15, is a student at Vanguard; and her brother Brooks, 23, is pursuing an acting career in Los Angeles.
