Paul Palmisano (Director) Village Players patrons will remember Paul as Ex-President, Art Hockstader in last year's production of The Best Man. Paul has years of acting and directing credits in and around Ohio. A few of his favorite roles include Fiorello LaGuardia in Fiorello, John Adams in 1776, Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman, and Iago in Othello. Some of his musical directing credits include The Music Man, South Pacific, The King and I, Kismet, How to Succeed in Business ..., and The Most Happy Fella. He worked with Rod Serling, then a writer at WLW-TV in Cincinnati and starred in a PBS Children's Hour opposite Kaye Ballard, who played his wife. Paul is a retired Human Resource Director from St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center and enjoys his volunteer work there, as well as puzzles and traveling. This past June he was elected to the Board of Directors of The Village Players.
Tom Wagner (Director) Tom has been directing and performing on stages from Seattle to Sylvania for nearly 40 years. He is a three-time Ohio Community Theater Association award winner and holds a B.A. degree in theatre from Pacific Lutheran University. Locally, in addition to The Village Players, Tom has worked with The Toledo Rep, The Valentine Theater, Waterville Playshop, Black Swamp Players, Three B's Productions and both the Grand Rapids and Sylvania Historical Societies. He has also worked extensively on the West Coast.
Carol Mahn (Choreographer) Carol has been a dance instructor, studio owner, and choreographer in the Toledo area for 28 years. She has worked with Arts Unlimited, Central City Ministries, and Napoleon Public Schools to bring dance to elementary and junior high school children. She has also choreographed several musicals for area high schools. Carol was Artistic Director of the former Dance Image Dance Company and now holds that title at the newly formed Harmony, a company of dancers most noted for The Performance in the Pond. She was also the promoter of the first annual Artists on the River Festival on Labor Day weekend.
Jim Latimer (Frog) Jim appeared at The Village Players last season in G.I. Jukebox and as Captain Miles Gloriosus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. He also played the role of Arvide Abernathy at the Valentine Theatre's recent performance of Guys and Dolls. During his many years living in California, he appeared in various community opera performances including: Mephistopheles in Faust, King Melchior in Amahl and the Night Visitors, Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Colline in La Boheme, Ferrando in Il Trovatore, Morales in Carmen, and Bonze / Prince Yamadori in Madame Butterfly. Having worked much of his career in engineering and international business, he now is an ordained minister serving at the Point Place United Church of Christ, here in Toledo.
Don Weber (Toad) Don is an award-winning actor, having performed with numerous theatre companies in the area for over 37 years including The Village Players, The Croswell Opera House, The Toledo Rep, and the former Westgate Dinner Theatre. He lists his favorite roles as Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and Oscar in The Odd Couple. His favorite moment on stage, however, came last season when his wife, Kathie, with script in hand, stepped in at the last moment to play his on-stage wife when the lead actress was hospitalized. "I think I was more nervous than she was, but she really pulled it off. A well-respected actress in the audience that evening told her, 'After five minutes I forgot you had the script in your hand.' High praise, indeed." Don retired last May from WNWO-TV, NBC 24 after more than 34 years in television production.
Mary Wagner (Mouse & others) Mary has been involved in theatre for over half her life span. She's stage managed, assistant directed, and choreographed as well as performed throughout the Ohio community theatre circuit. Most recently she was seen in Waterville Playshop's production of Beauty and the Beast. Over the last 12 years some of Mary's favorite roles have included Chris Gorman in Rumors, Winnie and Dolly Tate in Annie Get Your Gun, The Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz, and Beauty in The Masque of Beauty and the Beast.
Pam Kelso (Turtle & others) Pam is Vice President for Public Relations for The Village. She has been active in theatre in the greater Toledo area since she arrived here from Cleveland in 1971. Some of you may remember her from Friar Tuck's in Maumee where she performed professionally in Who was Depressed in the Depression?, World War Two, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris and all the other theatrical shows that were put on there from 1975 to 1990. She has appeared at Ms. Rose's Dinner Theatre as Dolly Levi in Hello, Dolly and in the musical review Side by Side by Sondheim. Most recently she performed in the show Love Letters at the Elk's Lodge in Maumee. Pam is the mother of two grown sons and grandmother to four; two boys and two girls. Her husband, Bob, has been a New York Life agent for more than 24 years.
Jeff King (Snail & others) Jeff is thrilled to return to The Village Players. Past shows that you may have seen parts of him include The Full Monty (Toledo Rep/Croswell Opera House), Monky Business and Suds (Village Players), Sussical the Musical (Orphan Productions), or Sugar (Waterville Playshop). His being cast as Snail from the Frog & Toad collection of children's literature could not have come at a better time. After the passing of his father-in-law, Jerry Milks, Jeffrey has come to a startling realization: "It's not how fast you go somewhere or when you stop; it's what you do along the journey that makes the difference." Jeffrey would like to thank his beautiful wife, Korinne, for her tireless support of his on and offstage antics and would like to dedicate his performance in honor of Jerry Milks.
Last Modified: 10/19/07