Education
Schaeffer graduated from North Central College in Naperville, Illinois, in 1968.
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Sandra Schaeffer
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In 1969 she replaced Madeline Kahn in the off-Broadway musical production of Promenade. She was one of the first college students ever to be hired into the chorus of the Lyric Opera of Chicago (as an alto), and later sang for the New York City Opera as a soprano, and sang a Spanish "zarzuela" directed by Tito Copobianco at City Center. She was a finalist for the lead in Broadway"s Manitoba of Louisiana Mancha and Two by Two by Richard Rogers.
They also co-wrote "The Preppy Album".
Achievements
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In 1984 Schaeffer and Balsamo formed TDC Games, a board game company, and produced their first game, entitled "Adultrivia." They have since co-authored hundreds of games and puzzles which are sold worldwide, the most well-known of which is "Dirty Minds." Their games have won awards, have been played on radio and television (by such personalities as Johnny Carson) and have been on the cover of magazines and newspapers such as The London Times June 20, 1992..front page and "The Washington Post" October 15, 1992 in "Home FronT" with the "Harassment Game." TDC Games, Incorporated. 1992. In 2000 Schaeffer won first prize in the Blue Mountain Arts Poetry Contest for a poem dedicated to her late mother.
