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Meredith Stepien is an American singer and actress, as well as one of the members of Team Starkid.
Early Life
Growing up, Meredith had a weird fascination with Beethoven, and saw Lord of the Rings around nine times in theaters. She even says she dated her first boyfriend because he looked like Samwise Gamgee from Lord of the Rings.
Meredith describes themself in high school as a nerd with glasses, braces, and a mustache. They attended Pinckney High School in Pinckney, Michigan. Meredith was also involved in Twin Masks Youth Theatre during their high school years. She graduated college in 2009 from the University of Michigan.
They have a brother named David, to whom they appear (according to her Twitter) to be very close. According to her, he is the one who taught her to be funny.
StarKid
Meredith has been a part of Team StarKid since their beginning production of Little White Lie, where she played Meredith, the drummer (and lead singer when Tanya was kicked out) for the Hot Girls.
Stepien was included in the SPACE tour and the Apocalyptour. They played the part of Ultrabeam Megagirl in Starship. They played many various roles in Holy Musical B@man, including Dr. Chase Meridian, The Riddler, T.G.I. Fridays Worker, Rachel Dawes, Hostage, The Earth, and Wonder Woman. They replaced Bonnie Socha as Hermione in A Very Potter Senior Year. They played percussion and did backing vocals in the band for Ani, as well as playing a few minor roles, such as Oola. She also played Sherrezade (and other ensemble parts) in Twisted. They co-wrote the music in Firebringer, and played one of the leads, Jemilla. Meredith was also in StarKid Homecoming, most prominently featured in the Firebringer and Ani medleys, as well as the number "The Coolest Girl." In 2020, she played Jacob Marley in A VHS Christmas Carol, after a four-year absence from StarKid shows (due to being located in Chicago, and not Los Angeles). They reprised their role the following year in VHS Christmas Carol Live!, and in 2022 during the The StarKid Jangle Ball Holiday Tour.
Additional Work and Information
Meredith now lives in Chicago, where they work as part of the creative team for the Adler Planetarium. Additionally, she often performs stand-up comedy for different clubs and bars throughout the Chicago area. You can check out some of their stand-up here.
Starting in 2020, they've also been involved in acting in, and writing for, The Wow! Signal, a 'lightly educational' space comedy/musical web series produced by the Adler Planetarium.[1]
She came out as bisexual on an Instagram story in 2018, and started using she/they pronouns in 2020.
Meredith is also part of the band Jim and the Povolos, where she sings and plays the bongos. The band was said to have started out on the floor in her apartment as they all made hot dogs. She wrote the song "The Holiday Club" with her friend Denise Donovan (who wrote all the silly lyrics, they said), another StarKid. Meredith is also usually hungry.
They married Brian Holden on August 10th, 2019.
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