Kristen Schoen-René grew up in Vernon, Connecticut, and now lives closer to the sea in Niantic. You may have caught her in Playhouse on Park's production of Pippin! Other credits include being a Radio City Rockette, Susan Stroman’s Merry Widow at both the Metropolitan Opera House in NYC and the Lyric Opera in Chicago, several productions of Young Frankenstein, including the NETworks national tour and at Ogunquit Playhouse, and regional productions of The Will Rogers Follies, Spamalot, Anything Goes, Chicago, Mamma Mia! and 42nd St. Kristen's favorite credit is being mom to Beckett and Quentin. She holds a BFA in dance from Ailey/Fordham University and is a graduate of Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts.