We recently connected with Hila Kremer and have shared our conversation below.

Hila, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. Can you talk to us about a project that’s meant a lot to you?

About 2 months ago, I finished a month long run of a Shakespeare Rock musical named “Sound and Fury and Shakespeare” where I played Lady Macbeth (with the company Parkside Players). This was after a difficult time for me personally where I wasn’t auditioning, and couldn’t really find the reasoning for myself to keep acting. I had a rough 6 months, and this show was the first audition I was willing to go to, and 3 weeks later, I got the call that I got the part.
Even though I had no motivation to do it, I felt that this role was too big for me to pass and I decided to give it a go.
Not only did I get to do extensive work with myself to find a way to connect Shakespeare material with songs like Dream On (Aerosmith) which made me think deep about the reasons I am doing what I am doing, but I got to know this beautiful character who was written 400 years ago, and still was able to teach me so much about myself and the world around me. She gave me strength and hope in the time I most needed it, and she reminded me why Theater is so powerful and important. I will always keep her with me.
As for the show, it brought me back to the stage after 7 long months of personal conflicts, and reminded me why I love what I do.
I will forever be thankful for that experience.

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

I cannot remember a time when I didn’t want to perform. Growing up in Israel, I didn’t go to many theater shows, but I think it was mostly because I was already performing. I started doing gymnastics at 4 years old and by the time I was 6 I was already a key member of the showcase team in my center. At that point I was writing plays and putting them on for my family (using my little sister as my co-star) and singing whenever I can. I started playing the violin a bit after that and from that moment on, I would find any chance I could get to be on stage.
I do remember one show my father took me to that was my pivoting moment. I was probably no older than 8 years old and we saw a musical rendition of the Sleeping Beauty. I was mesmerized and by the time it was done I knew that I had to do exactly what these people did.
From that moment on, I worked non-stop, when the goal was to get to perform on the biggest stages in New York City. I moved to the city when I was 22, mid-pandemic, and no idea if this profession will even exist in a few years since the world was turning upside down. I started studying Musical Theater at AMDA New York, singing with masks and dancing while trying to stay 6 feet apart at all times. It was an amazing experience and when I graduated I immediately started auditioning and was looking for day jobs that would be relevant to my profession. I got to perform in many theater productions around the city, was part of various commercials, and even had a cameo in the show Carpool Karaoke on Apple TV. All that while maintaining two jobs: guiding tours around the city, and working as a magician in the world famous toy store FAO Schwarz.
Today, I am constantly working on new projects, when the goal, still, is to perform on the biggest stage in New York, Broadway.

Is there something you think non-creatives will struggle to understand about your journey as a creative?

Something that I am never quite able explaining to people about my journey is how ever changing it is. As a creator, I will get inspiration in the middle of the night and start writing for hours on end, and then I will not be able to write for 2 weeks straight. I will have moments of creative spark and will have to let go of everything that I am doing because if I wont focus on it, it will slip away. Moreover, as a working artist, maintaining a schedule is extremely challenging. My calendar is constantly changing, between auditions, rehearsals and jobs that pay the rent on the slow months, I am constantly juggling schedules and trying to fit everything together. Friends who are not artists will question the fact that I am unavailable to hang out every week, but when I show them my calendar they will wonder when I get to eat or rest.

What’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative in your experience?

I feel like I have two separate types of moments that make me feel rewarded as an artist. The first one is the one that made me start my journey and pushed me into this path, and thats the audience. The feeling you get as an entertainer when your audience enjoys your craft, takes it in and digests it, is unexplainable. The knowledge that I can make a person forget about their troubles and laugh for 2 hours, or make them think about life in a way they never did before is the most rewarding and fulfilling feeling.
The other type of moments, is one that I was exposed to only about a year ago, when my niece started growing up and asking why I live far away. When she started understanding what I do for a living, her excitement was so intense. She would ask me about me performing as a princess, or about being on stage, and I became a completely different type of role model to her. Whenever I feel her being proud of me pursuing my craft and my dreams, I feel like I could take on the world, and that, for me is one of the biggest rewards from doing what I do.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.hilakremer.com/
• Instagram: @hila.kremer
• Youtube: @hila.kremer

Image Credits

Headshot by Curtis&Cort Photography.
Selfie with Lea Michele and Darren Criss was taken by me, during filming of Carpool Karaoke and was a part ofthe episode.
The rest were taken by Paul Riego