MKSD actress, Sydney Lucas, and actor, Noah Schnapp, have been named to the 2015 Variety Youth Impact Report. Inclusion in the report is considered highly prestigious. Variety spoke very highly of Sydney in the report:
There’s young talent and then there’s 12-year-old Sydney Lucas, whose turn in musical "Fun Home" earned her a Tony nomination and made her the youngest Obie Award winner ever at age 10. The Atlanta-born, New York-based actress and singer also appears in the new Peter Bogdanovich comedy “She’s Funny That Way,” her fourth movie. “He was so nice and interesting,” says Lucas of the director. She wants to “keep doing movies and theater, singing and acting.” She can next be seen in a new production of “Hollywood Arms” in September. Her role models? “Meryl Streep for acting — she’s so brilliant — and Christina Aguilera for singing. I love her voice.”
Variety - Sydney Lucas
Variety also had a lot of praise for Noah:
Schnapp blew out candles on his 10th birthday cake alongside Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks while filming "Bridge of Spies." He had one wish come true already, landing the role to play the onscreen son of his industry role model, Hanks. "He was just such a great person to work with," Schnapp says. "He made me feel like he was actually my dad." Scnapp is also voicing Charlie Brown in the animated "The Peanuts Movie."
Variety - Noah Schnapp.