<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><div><span style="font-size: large; "><b>THIS IS THE THIRD INSTALLMENT in a series of "spotlights" on the company of FPAC's THIRTEEN!</b></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: large; "><b><br></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large; "><b>Running February 18 - 28</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large; "><b>Tickets: 440-338-3171</b></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: large; "><br></span></div><span style="font-size: large; ">What do Tia Karaplis, Jordan Brown and Sam Welch have in common? <br><br>Besides being in FPAC's upcoming production of THIRTEEN, they have all attended <a href="http://www.fairmountcenter.org/fpac_summer.html" target="_blank"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#3333FF">FPAC's summer training programs</font></a> 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 <i><b><a href="http://www.fredsternfeld.com/oliver.htm">Oliver </a> <font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">in 2007. <br>
<br><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Christine Howey had this to say about the young people in that production:</font></span></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></font></b></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><i>"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."</i></font></font></span></span><div>
<span style="font-size: large; "><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large; ">Here are their biographies:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><font size="4"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000">Jordan Brown</font></font></strong><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000"> (Archie) is thrilled to be playing Archie in the Ohio Premiere of </font><em><strong><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000">Thirteen</font></strong></em><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000">, and will also appear in FPAC's upcoming production of </font></font><font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><em><strong><a href="http://www.fredsternfeld.com/eat.htm"><font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000">Eat (It's Not About Food)</font></font></a></strong></em></font></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000">. He is a sophomore at Orange High School and has been seen in various productions around Cleveland. Recent credits include Sir Harry in </font><strong><em><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000">Once Upon a Mattress</font></em></strong><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000">, Charlie Brown in </font><em><strong><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000">You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown</font></strong></em><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000">, Theodore in </font><strong><em><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000">Spin: a Musical Myth</font></em></strong><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000">, Woof in </font><em><strong><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000">Hair</font></strong></em><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000">, Captain Von Trapp in </font><strong><em><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000">The Sound of Music</font></em></strong><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000"> and Charlie Bates in </font><a href="http://www.fredsternfeld.com/oliver.htm"><em><strong><font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000">Oliver!</font></font></strong></em></a><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000"> He has had training from </font><a href="http://www.fairmountcenter.org/fpac_summer.html"><font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000">FPAC’s summer program</font></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000"> 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!<br>
<br></font></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="4"><strong><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000">Tia Karaplis</font></strong></font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000"> (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 </font><strong><em><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000">Honk!</font></em></strong><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000">, Dorothy in </font><em><strong><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000">The Wizard of Oz</font></strong></em><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000">, and the Butler in</font><em><strong><a href="http://www.fredsternfeld.com/josephromeojulietfpac08.htm"><font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000">Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat</font></font></a></strong></em><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000"> (at FPAC). Most recently she was seen in FPAC's </font><em><strong><a href="http://www.fredsternfeld.com/intothewoodslaramiefpac.htm"><font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000">Into the Woods</font></font></a></strong></em><font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000"> </font></font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000">as Rapunzel. Training includes, 5 years at Beck Center for the Arts and 2 years at </font><a href="http://www.fairmountcenter.org/fpac_summer.html"><font><strong><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000">Fairmount Performing Arts Conservatory</font></strong></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000">. 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 </font><a href="http://www.wcpn.org/index.php/WCPN/an/25619/"><font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000">Around Noon with Dee Perry</font></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000">. Tia is thrilled to be part of this show!!! Break a Leg everyone!!!!!!!<br>
<br></font></font></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><font size="4"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000">Sam Welch</font></font></strong><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000"> (Richie, u/s Eddie) is happy to be back at </font><a href="http://www.fairmountcenter.org/fpac_summer.html"><font><strong><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000">Fairmount Performing Arts Conservatory</font></strong></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000">! Sam was most recently seen as Ensemble in Disney's</font><strong><em><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000"> Beauty & the Beast </font></em></strong><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000">at Fine Arts Association. Other FAA productions: Charlie Bucket in </font><em><strong><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000">Willy Wonka Jr.</font></strong></em><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000"> for which he was awarded Favorite Actor in a Youth Production, and Cadet of Who in </font><em><strong><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000">Seussical</font></strong></em><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000">. Sam has been a student of the Fairmount Performing Arts Conservatory and appeared as Benjamin in the 2008 production of </font><strong><em><a href="http://www.fredsternfeld.com/josephromeojulietfpac08.htm"><font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000">Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat</font></font></a></em></strong><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000">. Additional performances include: Fagin's Boy in </font><strong><em><a href="http://www.fredsternfeld.com/oliver.htm"><font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000">Oliver!</font></font></a></em></strong><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000"> at Cain Park, Slightly Soiled in </font><strong><em><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000">Peter Pan</font></em></strong><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000"> at Beachwood Community Theater, Fluff in </font><strong><em><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000">Honk! </font></em></strong><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000">at CVLT, and the Cowardly Lion in </font><strong><em><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000">The Wonderful Wizard of Oz</font></em></strong><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000"> 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.</font></font></span></span></div>
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