article_snippet: The Office alum Ellie Kemper plays the title character opposite Tituss Burgess, Carol Kane and Jane Krakowski. '
article_snippet: Ellie Kemper is a really nice person, and I felt honored to be able to play in the sandbox with the cool kids again.'
article_snippet: Incredibly, Jon was 34-year-old Ellie's eighth grade teacher in 1993 after Jon graduated from the University of Missouri with an English degree and taught acting class at the same school Jon attended years earlier, John Burroughs School in Ladue, Missouri.
article_snippet: I remember walking the red carpet at the Emmys and seeing Ellie there and going, "You're here, too!