The Person
Get to Know Andrew:
Andrew Pappas is a creative hailing from the south suburbs of Chicago. He is one of four brothers and one-half of a pair of twins. Growing up, Andrew threw himself at just about every creative endeavor he could find. After running the gamut, he found that he kept coming back to three things – acting, singing, and the camera.
Andrew saw his cousins perform in a community theater production of The Music Man at six years old and credits this for sparking his love for the stage. He remembers performing in his fourth grade talent show and playing a cast of characters in a Dr. Seuss revue in his school library in the fifth grade. Andrew got onto a proper stage in junior high and hasn’t left since.
He isn’t sure when he first started to sing, but what he does know is that his elementary school music teacher wrote in his yearbook to never stop singing, and he has a vivid memory of belting out Adele’s Rolling in the Deep in his grandmother’s car in 2011.
In the seventh grade, his required reading of The Outsiders motivated him to document the life surrounding him. He grabbed his iPod Touch, hopped on his bike, and started taking photos. Now, he shoots on a Sony A7III, and his photo work has taken him all over the Chicagoland area. He studied Creative Media and Photography at the University of Alabama Honors College. After finishing his degree, he moved back to the south suburbs and now works in Digital Marketing for the Tinley Park-Park District.
When he’s not at work, on-set, in class, or at rehearsal, Andrew enjoys spending time with his family and their dog, Zoey. He’s a sucker for a buffalo wing. His current caffeine ritual is an ice cold Yerba Mate and he’s an ambacebador for Guayakí Yerba Madre. If you called his phone and he didn’t pick up, there’s a good chance he’s in a Call of Duty lobby.
Catch up with Andrew below – he loves connecting with new folk and thrives in collaboration. Don’t be a stranger!
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