[NEohioPAL] SPOTLIGHT on Jordan Brown, Sam Welch and Tia Karaplis - 3 cast members of FPAC's "13"

[Fred Sternfeld]

*THIS IS THE THIRD INSTALLMENT in a series of "spotlights" on the company of
FPAC's THIRTEEN!*
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*Running February 18 - 28*
*Tickets: 440-338-3171*

What do Tia Karaplis, Jordan Brown and Sam Welch have in common?

Besides being in FPAC's upcoming production of THIRTEEN, they have all
attended FPAC's summer training
programs<http://www.fairmountcenter.org/fpac_summer.html> AND
they all appeared (along with other "13" cast members Aric Floyd, Dani
Apple, Jessie Gill and Miles Sternfeld) in Cain Park's production of *Oliver
<http://www.fredsternfeld.com/oliver.htm> in 2007.

Christine Howey had this to say about the young people in that production: *
*"In a cast numbering almost 55(!), the real standout performers are those
with virtually no lines of dialogue. The workhouse boys and girls, along
with Fagin's motley crew, are consistently focused, disciplined, and
energetic on stage."*

Here are their biographies:
*Jordan Brown* (Archie) is thrilled to be playing Archie in the Ohio
Premiere of *Thirteen*, and will also appear in FPAC's upcoming production
of *Eat (It's Not About Food) <http://www.fredsternfeld.com/eat.htm>*. He is
a sophomore at Orange High School and has been seen in various productions
around Cleveland. Recent credits include Sir Harry in *Once Upon a Mattress*,
Charlie Brown in *You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown*, Theodore in *Spin: a
Musical Myth*, Woof in *Hair*, Captain Von Trapp in *The Sound of Music* and
Charlie Bates in *Oliver!* <http://www.fredsternfeld.com/oliver.htm> He has
had training from FPAC’s summer
program<http://www.fairmountcenter.org/fpac_summer.html> and
French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts. Jordan would like to thank his
family for supporting and loving him. He would also like to thanks Sean and
the entire production staff for giving him this opportunity, and the cast
for being so great to work with and SO much fun to be around!

*Tia Karaplis* (u/s Cassie, Charlotte, Molly) is 12 years old and a seventh
grader at Amherst Junior High. She has been involved in theatre since she
was 7. Some of her favorite roles include Ida in *Honk!*, Dorothy in *The
Wizard of Oz*, and the Butler in*Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor
Dreamcoat <http://www.fredsternfeld.com/josephromeojulietfpac08.htm>* (at
FPAC). Most recently she was seen in FPAC's *Into the
Woods<http://www.fredsternfeld.com/intothewoodslaramiefpac.htm>
* as Rapunzel. Training includes, 5 years at Beck Center for the Arts and 2
years at *Fairmount Performing Arts
Conservatory*<http://www.fairmountcenter.org/fpac_summer.html>.
She was featured as a Superstar Kid on Robin Swoboda's That’s Life and she
was in a commercial for the IX indoor Amusement Park. She represented FPAC
on Around Noon with Dee Perry <http://www.wcpn.org/index.php/WCPN/an/25619/>.
Tia is thrilled to be part of this show!!! Break a Leg everyone!!!!!!!

*Sam Welch* (Richie, u/s Eddie) is happy to be back at *Fairmount Performing
Arts Conservatory* <http://www.fairmountcenter.org/fpac_summer.html>! Sam
was most recently seen as Ensemble in Disney's* Beauty & the Beast *at Fine
Arts Association. Other FAA productions: Charlie Bucket in *Willy
Wonka Jr.* for
which he was awarded Favorite Actor in a Youth Production, and Cadet of Who
in *Seussical*. Sam has been a student of the Fairmount Performing Arts
Conservatory and appeared as Benjamin in the 2008 production of *Joseph and
the Amazing Technicolor
Dreamcoat<http://www.fredsternfeld.com/josephromeojulietfpac08.htm>
*. Additional performances include: Fagin's Boy in
*Oliver!<http://www.fredsternfeld.com/oliver.htm>
* at Cain Park, Slightly Soiled in *Peter Pan* at Beachwood Community
Theater, Fluff in *Honk! *at CVLT, and the Cowardly Lion in *The Wonderful
Wizard of Oz* at Fairmount's Youth Theatre Lab. Further credits: Ohio
Children’s Honor Choir – 2008 & 2009. Sam plays the oboe, and sings in the
Chagrin Falls Middle School Select Choir where he is in seventh grade.
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