[NEohioPAL]Ain't Misbehavin' Cast Information

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WEATHERVANE PLAYHOUSE
Names Cast forAIN'T MISBEHAVIN'
The toe-tappin, Tony Award-winning musical

Weathervane Playhouse announces the cast for AIN'T MISBEHAVIN', the =
soul-shakin', foot-stompin' musical at Weathervane January 12 through =
February 5, 2005.

The setting is a Harlem cabaret of the 1930s where we hear dozens of =
toe-tappin' tunes including Honeysuckle Rose, Squeeze Me and The Joint =
is Jumpin'. Other songs and production numbers that make up the musical =
are I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter, Two Sleepy =
People, I Can't Give You Anything but Love and It's a Sin to Tell a Lie.

Director/Choreographer: Mart=EDn C=E9spedes directed last season's =
production of My Way, A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra. He, most =
recently, directed and choreographed the critically acclaimed Five Guys =
Names Moe and Smokey Joe's Caf=E9 at Beck Center. He last appeared in =
the Broadway tours of Man of La Mancha with Jack Jones and Ron Holgate =
where he completed over 300 consecutive performances in the role of =
Pedro. He was recently featured in Bravo Magazine honoring his =
contribution to the Theater and naming him one of Ohio's up and coming =
Hispanic artists.

Musical Director: Heidi Herczeg holds a master's degree in Music =
Education from Case Western Reserve University and is a graduate of =
Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory. Heidi is a vocal music teacher at =
Bay Middle School and a master teacher in the Metropolitan Opera's =
Creating Original Opera Program. She has also performed with the =
Cleveland Opera Chorus and the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus. Heidi has =
most recently been music director for Beehive at Rocky River Community =
Center, worked this past summer for the Fairmount Arts Camp with Fred =
Sternfeld and was seen in A Sneak Peak at Playhouse Square.

Cast:

Eric B. Turner, M.Ed., M.A., (AKRON) will be seen in the role of "Ken". =
Eric is a part-time academic advisor at The University of Akron where he =
received a Bachelors degree in vocal performance, a Masters degree in =
Music Theory and an Master of Education degree in Higher Education =
Administration. He is currently working on a Ph.D. at the International =
College of Bible Theology in Chicago, IL. He serves as a staff pastor at =
the United Baptist Church of Akron and is very involved in the music =
program of the church. He voiced Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors at The =
University of Akron's Daum Theatre where he also played John Proctor in =
The Crucible. He sang Bartolo in the Marriage of Figaro and was a chorus =
member in Tosca, both at E.J. Thomas Hall. A Cleveland native, he was a =
chorus member in the Cleveland Heights High School production of Purley =
Victorius, beginning his career as Albert Peterson in Bye, Bye Birdie at =
Wiley Middle School, University Heights.

Jennifer Kay Jeter Armelia AKRON

Jennifer has a Bachelors degree in theater/scenic design and a Masters =
degree in theater/performance art, both from The University of Akron. =
She was on Weathervane's stage in The African Company Presents Richard =
III, directed WCP's The fifteen Minute Hamlet, provided lighting for =
Kiss Me, Kate, and has been busy acting, directing or providing =
technical support for Hower House, Stan Hywet, Coach House, Firestone =
Theatre, Karamu and The University of Akron.

Lakesha "Keysha" Toney Nell Carter AKRON

Keysha played Ella Fitzgerald in Legends: a journey through jazz at =
Youngstown Playhouse this past year. In 1999, she was a chorus member in =
Darker Face of the Earth preceded in 1997 by several parts in =
Weathervane's The Colored Museum. She played the same parts for ACT =
Theater at Kent State University, in 1995 and studied music education at =
Kent State University.

Carolyn L. Orr Charlaine CUYAHOGA FALLS

Carolyn is a Deputy Sheriff for Summit County and a member of the US Air =
Force Reserves, 910th Medical Squadron in Youngstown. She is originally =
from the South Bronx, where she sang in her church choir until she was =
15. She then studied with her uncle, Professor Alex Bradford, a singer, =
actor, composer and director. She moved to Akron in 1990 and became a =
member of Community Fellowship Church where she sings in the choir and =
performs whenever possible in community productions.

Aric Calhoun Andr=E9 MAPLE HEIGHTS

Aric is an actor, singer and dancer, appearing at Cassidy Theatre as a =
cubicle worker in Working and as a black attorney and first officer in =
Ragtime. He is a state trooper in the video release, Massachusetts State =
Training, played in Entertainment, a workshop for actors at Karamu =
House, and was Little Moe in Five Guys Named Moe at the Beck Center for =
the Arts.=20

Weathervane Playhouse presents the soul-shakin', foot-stompin', Tony =
Award-winning musical AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'. The joint will be jumpin' with =
AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' at Weathervane Playhouse, January 12 - February 5. =
Low-cost previews January 12 & 13 at 7:30 p.m. with official opening =
Friday, January 14 at 8 p.m. and luncheon matinee on January 22. Other =
performances are Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. =
and Sundays at 2:30 p.m. Charge by phone at Weathervane's Ticket Office =
at 330-836-2626. The production is recommended for general audiences age =
14 or older.

The Ohio Arts Council helped fund this program with state tax dollars to =
encourage economic growth,
education excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.
Additional Season Sponsors: WKSU, Goodyear Tire & Rubber =
Companywww.weathervaneplayhouse.com
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Weathervane Playhouse announces the cast for AIN=92T=20
MISBEHAVIN=92, the soul-shakin=92, foot-stompin=92 musical at =
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January 12 through February 5, 2005.
The setting is a Harlem cabaret of the 1930s where we hear dozens of=20
toe-tappin=92 tunes including Honeysuckle Rose, Squeeze Me and =
The Joint=20
is Jumpin=92. Other songs and production numbers that make up the =
musical are=20
I=92m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter, Two Sleepy =
People, I=20
Can=92t Give You Anything but Love and It=92s a Sin to Tell a=20
Lie. 
Director/Choreographer: Mart=EDn C=E9spedes directed last =
season=92s=20
production of My Way, A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra. He, =
most=20
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Guys Names=20
Moe and Smokey Joe=92s Caf=E9 at Beck Center. He last =
appeared in the=20
Broadway tours of Man of La Mancha with Jack Jones and Ron =
Holgate where=20
he completed over 300 consecutive performances in the role of Pedro. He =
was=20
recently featured in Bravo Magazine honoring his contribution to =
the=20
Theater and naming him one of Ohio=92s up and coming Hispanic =
artists.
Musical Director: Heidi Herczeg holds a master=92s degree in Music Education =
from Case=20
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Conservatory. Heidi is a vocal music teacher at Bay Middle School and a =
master=20
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She has=20
also performed with the Cleveland Opera Chorus and the Cleveland =
Orchestra=20
Chorus. Heidi has most recently been music director for Beehive =
at Rocky=20
River Community Center, worked this past summer for the Fairmount Arts =
Camp with=20
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Square.
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Eric B. Turner, M.Ed., M.A., (AKRON) will be seen =
in the=20
role of "Ken". Eric is a part-time academic advisor at The University of =
Akron=20
where he received a Bachelors degree in vocal performance, a Masters =
degree in=20
Music Theory and an Master of Education degree in Higher Education=20
Administration. He is currently working on a Ph.D. at the International =
College=20
of Bible Theology in Chicago, IL. He serves as a staff pastor at the =
United=20
Baptist Church of Akron and is very involved in the music program of the =
church.=20
He voiced Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors at The University of =
Akron=92s=20
Daum Theatre where he also played John Proctor in The Crucible. =
He sang=20
Bartolo in the Marriage of Figaro and was a chorus member in=20
Tosca, both at E.J. Thomas Hall. A Cleveland native, he was a =
chorus=20
member in the Cleveland Heights High School production of Purley=20
Victorius, beginning his career as Albert Peterson in Bye, Bye =
Birdie=20
at Wiley Middle School, University Heights.
</DIR></DIR>
Jennifer Kay Jeter Armelia AKRON
Jennifer has a Bachelors degree in theater/scenic design and a =
Masters degree=20
in theater/performance art, both from The University of Akron. She was =
on=20
Weathervane=92s stage in The African Company Presents Richard =
III, directed=20
WCP=92s The fifteen Minute Hamlet, provided lighting for Kiss =
Me,=20
Kate, and has been busy acting, directing or providing technical =
support for=20
Hower House, Stan Hywet, Coach House, Firestone Theatre, Karamu and The=20
University of Akron.
Lakesha "Keysha" Toney Nell Carter AKRON
Keysha played Ella Fitzgerald in Legends: a journey through =
jazz at=20
Youngstown Playhouse this past year. In 1999, she was a chorus member in =

Darker Face of the Earth preceded in 1997 by several parts in=20
Weathervane=92s The Colored Museum. She played the same parts for =
ACT=20
Theater at Kent State University, in 1995 and studied music education at =
Kent=20
State University.
Carolyn L. Orr Charlaine CUYAHOGA FALLS
Carolyn is a Deputy Sheriff for Summit County and a member of the US =
Air=20
Force Reserves, 910th Medical Squadron in Youngstown. She is=20
originally from the South Bronx, where she sang in her church choir =
until she=20
was 15. She then studied with her uncle, Professor Alex Bradford, a =
singer,=20
actor, composer and director. She moved to Akron in 1990 and became a =
member of=20
Community Fellowship Church where she sings in the choir and performs =
whenever=20
possible in community productions.
Aric Calhoun Andr=E9 MAPLE HEIGHTS
Aric is an actor, singer and dancer, appearing at Cassidy Theatre as =
a=20
cubicle worker in Working and as a black attorney and first =
officer in=20
Ragtime. He is a state trooper in the video release, =
Massachusetts=20
State Training, played in Entertainment, a workshop for =
actors at=20
Karamu House, and was Little Moe in Five Guys Named Moe at the =
Beck=20
Center for the Arts. 
Weathervane Playhouse presents the soul-shakin=92, foot-stompin=92, =
Tony=20
Award-winning musical AIN=92T MISBEHAVIN=92. The joint =
will be jumpin=92=20
with AIN=92T MISBEHAVIN=92 at Weathervane =
Playhouse, January=20
12 =96 February 5. Low-cost previews January 12 & 13 at 7:30 =
p.m. with=20
official opening Friday, January 14 at 8 p.m. and luncheon =
matinee on=20
January 22. Other performances are Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., =
Fridays and=20
Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m. Charge by phone at =
Weathervane=92s=20
Ticket Office at 330-836-2626. The production is recommended =
for=20
general audiences age 14 or older.
<DIV align=3Dcenter>The Ohio Arts Council =
helped fund this=20
program with state tax dollars to encourage economic =
growth,</DIV>
<DIV align=3Dcenter>education excellence =
and cultural=20
enrichment for all Ohioans.</DIV>
<DIV align=3Dcenter>Additional =
Season Sponsors:=20
WKSU, Goodyear Tire & Rubber=20
Companywww.weathervaneplayhouse.com</DIV><FONT =

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