Poised to Fly

Kandel adds that she doesn't really plan or count on much beyond her stints in "Peter and Wendy" and perhaps the subsequent editions of "House Arrest". In discussing a loss of innocence, the theme that permeates both projects, she says that therapy in a way represented that for her. But she hopes to maintain innocence in at least one crucial way: " 'Peter and Wendy' sort of says that we can never regain that lost innocence, but I feel that we can and that we do. I hope that seeing the show helps people to get in touch with that again, actually. Acting for me is stripping away the walls, tearing down the barriers of learned behavior and going back to the real thing, the emotional honesty and trust that 'Peter and Wendy' is all about."