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Wes Skinner (Director) has been actively involved in theatre, working as a set and costume designer, choreographer, and director for over 40 years. Beginning in Boston, he received his BFA at the Conservatory with a major in Dance and a minor in Musical Theater. He then spent several years in New York City. Finally returning to Toledo, he began working with The Village Players in 1971, doing Roar of the Greasepaint. He most recently directed Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks, A Little Night Music, Suds, Blues in the Night, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, and Monky Business. When not at The Village, he also works with the Ottawa Hills High School’s theatre department, restores old homes in the Old West End and, just so he won’t get bored, works part time at The Toledo Museum of Art. |
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Amanda Lockwood (Aggie Manville) has a BA in theatre from Stony Brook University in NY. In NY she has been in many shows over the years including A Midsummer’s Night Dream, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and Scapino. While in Toledo she has been in Jekyll and Hyde, and has run lights for The Village Players’ productions of The Melville Boys and Third. She is excited to be performing on stage in her first Village Players production. |
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Maryjo Gavin (Geraldine “Gerry” Dunbar) is originally from Los Angeles, CA but has called Toledo home for the last 22 years. She has a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Georgia and currently works in an interdisciplinary chronic pain rehabilitation program in the Detroit area. Although she participated in various productions in high school and college it had been thirty years since she had done any theater when she performed the role of Laurie Jameson in last season’s production of Third here at The Village Players. She is delighted to be part of the cast of Play On and thanks the director Wes for “creating a pleasant working environment and not striking terror into all our hearts”. She remains grateful for the love and encouragement of her two children, Kara and Connor and she is continually amazed by the enthusiastic support and reassurance of her sweetheart, Dan. |
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Bill Perry (Henry Benish - “Lord Dudley”) Most recently seen in Auntie Mame as Dwight Babcock at the Toledo Rep, he was also in All Shook Up as Sheriff Earl. He has performed in community and regional theatres for over 25 years before moving to the Toledo area. His background includes comedy, drama, and his first love, musical theatre. He has sung with the Toledo Opera Chorus, most recently in Rigoletto. He and his wife, Liz, live in Holland, Ohio. |
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Dana Pilrose (Polly Benish - “Lady Margaret”) I’ve been acting in community theater for the past 30 years (I started at the age of 12). My past productions were done at the Toledo Rep were Hats, Spitfire Grill, and of course all of those revivals of Full Monty. But I credit The Village Players with my 2 acting awards from OCTA. |
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Mary Wagner (Marla “Smitty” Smith - “Doris the Maid”) has been very involved in the theatrical arts for the last 14 years. It is easily her passion. The most recent she was seen on The Village stage was two years ago in Office Hours. She is thrilled to be working here again in this production as it has certainly provided new challenges. Thank you, cast and crew, for embarking on this show with me. Such respect for all of your talents and hard work. |
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Gerry Royce (Saul Watson - “Doctor Rex Forbes”) has diversely spent his summer stoking the charcoal at his grill, coursing through the novels of Jane Austen, and issuing deprecations upon some rather impertinent crabgrass. Now, strangely enough, he finds himself in a theatrical (about theatricals, no less!) at The Village Players. Ah, the vagaries of summer life in Toledo. Then again, as Mr. Bennet says, “For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn?” might be just as well directed at community theater actors. |
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Ron Zallocco (Billy Carewe - “Stephen Sellers”) is excited to be back in theater after five years. A native of Perrysburg, he’s appeared in Perrysburg Youth Summer Theatre (Fiddler on the Roof, A Midsummer’s Night Dream), Perrysburg school productions (Little Shop of Horrors, Oliver!, See How They Run, Footloose, Les Miserables, The Wiz), and University of Toledo productions (Fortinbras, Richard III). He has also served technical positions for high school productions (lights, sound, props, stage crew) and was college intern for Youth Summer Theatre. Currently, he is a teaching assistant in English as a Second Language at UT. |
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Chelsea Rogers (Violet Imbry - “Diana Lassiter”) I have been involved in theatre for just about 6-7 years. My first show was Beauty & the Beast at Whitmer High School, and many followed since! I appeared as Nicely-Nicely Johnson in the Collingwood Arts production of Guys & Dolls, and Robin in their production of Godspell. I have also played in Hard Candy, a play, for Southview High School. In college, my major is Theatre Arts and I intend to make it in New York, and perform plays on Broadway! |
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Brandon Ware (Louis Peary) returns to The Village stage once again after taking a season away from the stage to work behind the scenes as a sound tech. A few of his favorite performances at The Village have been; Mark the Agent in Office Hours and a Protean in A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum. Brandon has worked with The Village Players since 2006 and would like to thank his wife for supporting him and his addiction to community theater for all these years. |
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Kate Argow (Phyllis Montague) Kate’s acting career has ranged from Shakespeare to Restoration Comedy to Tennessee Williams to Musical Comedy. Kate has worked behind the scenes as a technician and former board member at The Village Players. Her current passion is her jewelry and embellished clothing business, Brilliant Ideas Ltd. |
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