Sandra Schaeffer (Bergeson), born in , is a singer, author and game
inventor.Schaeffer graduated from North Central College in Naperville,
Illinois, in . In she replaced Madeline Kahn in the off-Broadway
musical production of Promenade. She was one of the first college
students ever to be hired into the chorus of the Lyric Opera of
Chicago (as an alto), and later sang for the New York City Opera as a
soprano, and sang a Spanish "zarzuela" directed by Tito Copobianco at
City Center. She was a finalist for the lead in Broadway's Man of La
Mancha and Two by Two by Richard Rogers.After leaving New York,
Schaeffer became a teacher and a mother, and resumed her career in the
late s as a singing telegram messenger for the "Hey!Wires" Singing
Telegram Company in Chicago. She sang a telegram to President Ronald
Reagan on national TV, a performance which included playing "Hail to
the Chief" on the kazoo. During the s, she sang the National Anthem
for the Chicago Cubs on two occasions. She helped Hey!Wires owner
co-write humorous lyrics for singing telegrams. They also co-wrote
"The Preppy Comedy Album". Schaeffer wrote a Christmas song, Mrs.
Santa, that spoofed being a wife and mother in the late s.Schaeffer
played a lesbian partner in Nothing to Declare, an independent film by
Julie Glass, and appeared in Chicago Story and the Superman, Man of
Steel.
inventor.Schaeffer graduated from North Central College in Naperville,
Illinois, in . In she replaced Madeline Kahn in the off-Broadway
musical production of Promenade. She was one of the first college
students ever to be hired into the chorus of the Lyric Opera of
Chicago (as an alto), and later sang for the New York City Opera as a
soprano, and sang a Spanish "zarzuela" directed by Tito Copobianco at
City Center. She was a finalist for the lead in Broadway's Man of La
Mancha and Two by Two by Richard Rogers.After leaving New York,
Schaeffer became a teacher and a mother, and resumed her career in the
late s as a singing telegram messenger for the "Hey!Wires" Singing
Telegram Company in Chicago. She sang a telegram to President Ronald
Reagan on national TV, a performance which included playing "Hail to
the Chief" on the kazoo. During the s, she sang the National Anthem
for the Chicago Cubs on two occasions. She helped Hey!Wires owner
co-write humorous lyrics for singing telegrams. They also co-wrote
"The Preppy Comedy Album". Schaeffer wrote a Christmas song, Mrs.
Santa, that spoofed being a wife and mother in the late s.Schaeffer
played a lesbian partner in Nothing to Declare, an independent film by
Julie Glass, and appeared in Chicago Story and the Superman, Man of
Steel.
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