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"He is as versatile as he is talented and his kindness, depth of heart and breadth of knowledge in the arts has profoundly affected the young artists lucky enough to have worked with him."
-Timothy Fitzgerald
Artistic Director, Performing Arts Workshops
Vice President, National Enrichment Teacher's Association
"Chad has high expectations for himself and great "people skills". He communicates ideas clearly and has natural abilities as a leader. He is innovative and dynamic and has an uncanny ability to discover creative solutions to problems."
-Kim Moran
Theatre Education Specialist
English/Drama Credential Advisor, CSUF
Artistic Director, Camp Pacific Musical Theatre
"His work has been well respected by his directors (including myself), audiences, critics, and fellow actors. He is intelligent and makes interesting and specific physical choices as an actor that seem natural and easy. He is a consummate professional with a huge heart and a generous spirit. He is also a great collaborator and a leader in our diverse professional company."
-Ellen Geer
Artistic Director, Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum
"Pablo had a great experience at camp. I wanted to let you know that I've been teaching high school and middle school for ten years, and part of my job at Santa Monica High School is as a mentor/coach for new and old teachers, so I see lots and lots of teachers doing their thing. I've also seen lots of teachers interacting with young children in the various enrichment-type activities Pablo participates in. And wow! You really have the right stuff. You're a natural. You make things look easy that others struggle with their whole career.
Specifically, it's obvious that you genuinely like kids, and they pick up on that. Second, you have a plan, and you know how to change it on the fly. You have seamless transitions between activities, and a fun variety of activities. You command respect with your voice and your eyes, yet your tone is always encouraging and positive. I really enjoyed seeing your philosophy reflected in the design of the last show, allowing kids to choose big and small parts, making everyone feel important, building team spirit, valuing their input in costumes and song choices, and on and on. Not to mention the complicated
choreography and songs to boot! Kudos."
-Amy Beeman-Solano
Parent and Teacher
"Name a cast member you've learned from." Judy (Durkin): "Chad, who plays Richard III, has been my musical theatre director since I was 6 or 7, so it's really funny when he gets into character. He paints his face, so he doesn't look like this nice guy I knew when I was little. I like the way he engages the audience; it's really creepy how they know which characters are going to be killed before the characters do."
Charlotte Stoudt
Interview from the Los Angeles Times
"In a role so closely associated with Lugosi, Chad Jason Scheppner's Count Dracula transcends caricature. Terrifyingly agile, Scheppner climbs down rooftops, leaps into trees and dashes through the audience, cape flying, on his sanguinary rounds. His is - dare we say it - a full-blooded portrayal that is the beating heart of the show."
- F. Kathleen Foley
Los Angeles Times
"Chad Jason Scheppner makes a stunning Octavious Caesar, divine right personified."
-David C. Nichols
Los Angeles Times
"With lank dark hair, pale skin and glittering black robes, Chad Jason Scheppner's Richard is a smirking Goth tactician whose self-disgust drives his disdain for others...he understands Richard's curdled heart."
-Charlotte Stoudt
Los Angeles Times
"Chad Jason Scheppner...seizes attention from "Now is the winter of our discontent" onward. Approaching the character with audacious modern pathology, a vast vocal dynamic, and remarkable physicality-the brace on one leg becomes its own visual motif as he slithers, toadies, and capers through the action- Scheppner rather suggests a National Theatre version of the young Nicolas Cage. His innately heroic quality requires a bit of suspension of disbelief, yet there is no ignoring Scheppner's essential command of the role, from the hairpin turns between hilarity and venom to Richard's conspiratorial asides, right up to his pathetic final moments.
-David C. Nichols
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