She was also the lead vocalist in the rock bands 'It's My Party!' and 'Jazzbabies' and has performed with the bands Honeypig and Jewish punk band, Gefilte Fuck. She sings, plays violin, guitar and piano, and speaks French and Russian. Schneider has collected over 1000 recordings of dialects from across the world, several of which are used in her CDs and award-winning multiple character solo shows. For her senior thesis, she made a cross-country road tour in a former ambulance studying regional dialects.īased on her research, Schneider developed and performed original one woman shows entitled '`I'm Not Weird' - American Perspectives' and 'Freedom of Speech.' Her other solo plays, 'USA 911' won her inclusion in the California Arts Council’s Touring Artist’s Roster, and 'Road Trip' won a Drama-logue Critic’s Award for Outstanding Performance. She also participated in a theater program at Northwestern University's National High School Institute and graduated from UCLA as a world arts and cultures major. Her father was a math and drama teacher at the School of Arts High School in Rochester, New York, where she graduated as salutatorian. ] She spent her formative years on a Chippewa Reservation with her two older brothers. Schneider is the daughter of a Jewish father and a Native American law attorney mother. Eliza Jane Schneider (born February 3, 1978) is an American actress, songstress, oral historian, playwright, and voice-over artist.

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