From 'South Park' to Hong Kong, The Many Voices of Eliza Jane SchneiderExtended Interview
For five years, Eliza Jane Schneider played most of the female characters on South Park: Wendy, Shelly, Mrs. Cartman, the Mayor \u2014 they\u2019re all her. She\u2019s created characters for everything from the animated film \u201cFinding Nemo\u201d to the TV series \u201cKing of the Hill\u201d to video games like \u201cAssassin\u2019s Creed.\u201d And to top it all off, she writes and performs award-winning plays and one-woman shows.
Her voices come from years spent traveling the world, studying and teaching dialects and touring as a musician. For Portland's Fertile Ground Festival of New Works, she\u2019s premiering a piece called \u201cDisplaced,\u201d based off of conversations she's had with houseless and displaced people across the globe. It runs Jan. 20\u201328 at Abbey Arts.