April Roberta Ludgate-Dwyer, née Ludgate, is a fictional character in the NBC political satire mockumentary sitcom Parks and Recreation.
She is first seen as an apathetic college student working as an intern in the Pawnee Department of Parks and Recreation, before being hired as Ron Swanson's assistant.
April Ludgate is a college student who starts out working as an intern in the Pawnee parks and recreation department.
She lives with her parents, Larry (John Ellison Conlee) and Rita (Terri Hoyos), who, in direct contrast to their daughter, are warm and friendly.
April is extremely uninterested in her job, regularly napping at her desk and texting constantly, and acts very dry and sarcastic around her co-workers.
[4][5] April was responsible for uploading the staff bios onto the Pawnee parks and recreation site,[6] and she jokingly made a fictional bio for herself that reads as follows: April Ludgate-Dwyer was born in Björk’s house in Iceland and grew up on Easter Island, where her parents were giant stone heads.
[10] In order to remain close to Andy, April volunteers to work as Ron's assistant, ending her time as an intern and establishing a full-time position at the Pawnee town hall.
[1][13] With a great deal of help from new housemate Ben Wyatt (Adam Scott), they have learned, to a limited extent, how to live and act like working adults.
She also acquires a mentor in Parks Department Manager Ron Swanson (Nick Offerman), a staunch libertarian who likes her complete indifference to government work.
April becomes Deputy Director of the Animal Control after she suggests it be absorbed into the Parks Department due to its inefficiency.
She develops a closer relationship with Donna, and they both try to stop Tom Haverford (Aziz Ansari) from leaving the Parks Department by being unhelpful as he searches for a property for his restaurant.
When local reporter Joan Callamezzo (Mo Collins) is honored by the mayor, April starts to feel that her life has not been fulfilled yet, and realizes working in the Parks Department really is not her dream job.
Leslie takes April to the American Service Foundation, which helps determine potential occupations for job-seekers.
They ultimately decide to have children, and their son Jack (short for Burt Snakehole Ludgate Karate Dracula Macklin Demon Jack-o-Lantern) is born on Halloween 2023.
"[14][15] Schur said that when they met with her he was taken off guard by her quiet and seemingly disinterested personality there that he felt uncomfortable, spending the meeting trying to keep her entertained.
[15][16][17] Plaza stated that at the meeting, Daniels asked her about life and what she thought happens when people died and the two had a discussion on the topic.
They told her the idea for the show's pilot and that they were considering giving Amy Poehler's character an assistant that was a doltish blonde.
[18][19][20][21] Plaza, who said that in real life she was like Poehler's earnestly hard-working character, took inspiration from her younger sister for April's apathetic disposition.
[32] The Daily Beast wrote that Plaza was "one of the greatest elements" of the series, and beyond comedic delivery she also brought "pathos" to the character.
[29] Plaza hosted Saturday Night Live on January 21, 2023 and reprised the character on a Weekend Update skit alongside Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope, in which April talks about young people getting involved in local government.