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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>We just received word of Don Mayo’s death in Chicago last December. Don worked at the Great Lakes Theater Festival and was an actor with the first production of their A Christmas Carol in 1989…. He was a nice fellow and a good actor. Here is the obit from <a href="http://www.PlayBill.com">www.PlayBill.com</a>:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.5pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Don Mayo, Stage Actor of Chicago and New York, Dies at 49<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:4.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>By <a href="mailto:rsimonson@playbill.com"><i><span style='color:#003366;text-decoration:none'>Robert Simonson</span></i></a><br>10 Dec 2009 <br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:4.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Don Mayo, a barrel-chested actor who put his commanding presence and deep bass voice to good use on the stages of Chicago and New York, died on Dec. 4. He was 49.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Mr. Mayo had battled with a degenerative brain disease. He died in Chicago, in hospice care. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:4.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Educated from Loyola University of Chicago with a B.A. degree in theatre and communications, his career began in the Windy City. He showed initiative even while still a student. During his senior year, when a teacher from another school needed a group of actors to perform at a special program, Mr. Mayo saw an opportunity, and along with several friends, started Mecca Performing Arts Troupe. This acting troupe performed for three years during the Christmas holiday season on the children's theatre circuit. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:4.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Immediately after college, he starred in <i>Ma Rainey's Black Bottom</i>. His other Chicago credits included <i>The Frogs, Pacific Overtures</i> and <i>Ain't Misbehavin'</i>. After getting a call from the Public Theater, he moved to New York City in 1989. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:4.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Broadway credits included the <i>The Scarlet Pimpernel</i> and the 2002 revival of <i>Man of La Mancha</i>. Off-Broadway, he appeared in the City Center Encores! production of <i>Pardon My English</i>; Drama Dept.'s <i>The Torchbearers</i>; New York Shakespeare Festival's <i>The Taming of the Shrew</i> and <i>Much Ado about Nothing</i>; Vineyard Theatre's <i>Christina Alberta's Father</i> and many more. In many roles, he displayed a peacock-like relish in taking the stage, throwing his voice and body around, and rarely fading into the background. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:4.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>His regional performances included roles at Virginia Stage Company, Seattle Repertory, Alliance Theatre, Philadelphia Drama Guild, Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Hartford Stage and Sacramento Music Circus. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:4.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>He served on the board of directors of New York Classical Theatre for ten years, performed in three of their productions and directed and conceived, along with friend and composer Al McCabe, their popular annual event "Classics in Jazz." <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:4.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>He is survived by his mother, Janice Mayo, his sister, Kim Mayo-Berger, and a host of other relatives and friends. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>