Jasmine (Easler) Schmenk ’16, Acting

Tell us more about you and your life, your profession, and your successes.

I was born in Cleveland and raised in Toledo, Ohio. Although I originally went into an arts high school with aspirations to be an R&B singer, I was immediately introduced to musical theatre through a show called RENT. When my high school cast me as Joanne Jefferson, one of the leads, it shifted the trajectory of my life. I became deeply passionate and began taking acting classes at school. As it turned out, my senior year acting teacher had graduated from Wright State's theatre program. After training for four years