Westfield Community Players (Smoke & Mirrors)

Cast and Production Members

The Cast	The Production/Crew
John Correll as Hamilton Orr	Maurice Moran Director
Jackie Weiner as Barbara Orr	Sally Brown Producer
Mike Burdick as Clark Robinson	Barbara Ruban Stage Manager
Tim McGovern as Derek Coburn	JoAnne Lemenille Properties Mistress
Patrick R. Field as Leroy Lumpkin	Bill McMeekan Set/Lighting Design
	Jessica Foerst Lighting Operator
	Glen Crane Sound Design
	Mike Bieber Sound Operator
	Naomi Yablonsky Publicity
	Jessica Foerst Playbill
	Steve Lemenille Web site
	Doris Dias Costumes
	Desiree Ewankov Make-Up
	George Hiltz Set Construction Chairman
	Bob Smith Set Construction
	Sal Villani Set Construction
	Paul Kirsh Set Construction
	TBA Stage Crew

BIOGRAPHIES
The Cast
JOHN CORRELL	*(Hamilton Orr)* has acted in and directed many productions over many years. Favorite roles include Oscar in The Odd Couple, Artie in The House of Blue Leaves, George Hay in Moon Over Buffalo, John Honeyman in A Walk in the Woods, Max in Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Fr. Rivard in The Runner Stumbles, and Barney Cashman in Last of the Red Hot Lovers. John would like to thank Maurice for his patience and for the opportunity to work with this wonderfully talented cast & crew and the wonderfully talented cast & crew for putting up with him. (To Linda: With God all things are possible, but without you nothing would be worth having.) John can be seen in the independent film Sea of Dust and heard as the Narrator for The Aunt Betty Project, General George McLellan in Lincoln & Lee at Antietam and Colonel Oates in the award winning Gettysburg: Three Days of Destiny. He is also a member of Alliance Repertory Theatre Company. We must urge you to turn off your beepers & cell phones and not open any candy in cellophane wrappers or take flash photography as John is easily distracted by loud noises and shiny things.

JACKIE WEINER	*(Barbara Orr)This is Jackie�s fourth appearance at WCP, her previous roles were Titania in A Midsummer Night�s Dream, Miss Holloway in The Uninvited* and Elizabeth in Angel Street, for which she received her very first Perry nomination for Outstanding Ensemble Actress in a Play. Other roles include Charlotte in The Real Thing at Circle Players, Barbara in Run for your Wife at Stony Hill Players and Mistress Quickly in Henry IV with The Troup of Friends. Movie Credit: Scandal. Jackie has also progressed from being a Blue�s Mother in the McKinley school Kapers show for six years to co-directing the show for the last two years and is so happy to be back on stage being directed by someone else. She thanks Maurice for giving her the opportunity to work with such a wonderfully talented cast and crew. What Fun!!! Last but not least, Jackie thanks her husband Larry for being so understanding of this passion of hers, holding down the fort and taking care of their two wonderful children Will and Rachel. You are the best! All three of you!

MIKE BURDICK	*(Clark Robinson)is thrilled to be appearing again with the Westfield Community Players. He was last seen in WCP's production of Neil Simon's FOOLS* as Snetsky. An award winning playwright and director, Mike is closing his eyes and jumping back into acting in a quest to find roles he enjoys as much as past favorites Eugene in Brighton Beach Memories, Pip/Theo in Three Days of Rain, Eddie in High Crimes and Subtle Deceptions and Gravedigger 2 in Gravediggers / Somethin� Rotten. Thanks to this hilarious cast and crew and to Carrie and Izzy for doing without me a few times a week.

TIM McGOVERN	*(Derek Coburn)An actor and stage manager at WCP since 1995 (though absent for about five years), Timothy is simply unable to resist acting. Tim was last seen as John Smith in WCP's produciton of Caught in the Net. Previously, he was Porterhouse in Run for Your Wife, Bill Shorter in There Goes the Bride, and Dr. Bonney in It Runs in the Family. Other favorite shows were Sly Fox, California Suite, Sylvia, and The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940*. Timothy is dedicating this performance to his wife Diane (whom he met in this very theatre), and his sons Jack and Brian.

PATRICK R. FIELD	*(Leroy Lumpkin)* Patrick R. Field (Leroy Lumpkin) is in his third production at WCP, previously appearing in Witness for the Prosecution and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Favorite roles include Squash Bernstein in Victor/Victoria at The Gallery Players (NYC), Jacob Marley in Christmas Carol at Chatham Community Players, and Jimmy Curry in The Rainmaker at the Barn Theater. Patrick is very glad to be back at WCP and working with this talented cast and crew!

Production Staff
MAURICE MORAN	*(Director)* is thrilled to be working with a talented cast of actors back at WCP, where he has directed since 1981, including last year's Fools, as well as Dancing at Lughnasa, Driving Miss Daisy and Witness for the Prosecution. He has been directing educational, community, and professional productions in north Jersey for almost 40 years. With an MA from NYU, he is currently an adjunct professor in theatre at Monmouth University. He will direct the comedy Scapino this summer for the Shadow Lawn Stage company in Long Branch. He and his wife Patty enjoy traveling, visiting 49 of the 50 states and 10 of Canada's 13 provinces. In 2010, they drove 11,000 miles to and from Alaska, crossing the Arctic Circle.

SALLY BROWN	*(Producer)*TO BE DEVELOPED

BARBARA RUBAN	*(Stage Manager/Set Decor)* started with WCP as property master for many shows before branching out into stage managing and received a Perry Award nomination for props for the production of Angel Street. She also assists with set decoration and costumes. Having been on stage in a couple of productions, she would rather leave the acting to the pros and enjoy being in the backstage "hustle and bustle". Barbara also wrote two original plays which were performed at WCP. In addition, one play was performed in Chatham in the Jersey Voices Festival. She had been on the Board of WCP for two years serving as Director of Performance. Barbara is now Director of Productions. A legal assistant by day, she thanks WCP for allowing her to express her creative side and her children and grandchildren for their love and support, which makes it all more gratifying.


JOANNE LEMENILLE	*(Properties Mistress/Set Decor)JoAnne is the current President of WCP and was seen as Lenya Zubritsky in WCP's production of FOOLS* by Neil Simon last spring; and as Mrs. Lipari in A View from the Bridge. Although JoAnne is backstage on this production, she has graced WCP's stage in The Cemetery Club starring as Mildred. She has alway been involved in theatre since she was a child back in Union with the Teen Stagers. She has also appeared as Polly in The Boyfriend, Anna in New Girl in Town; Eleanor in Second Time Around (for Regal Productions), and Peggy in Front Page. Besides doing props, she has worked on Scenery and Set Design. Her favorite role was Eleanor in Second Time Around because it gave her the chance to play her husband, Steve's, snobbish and self-centered wife. JoAnne is a retired teacher of music from the Clark School system where she was the vocal, instrumental and music theory teacher for over twenty years for which she directed and musical directed the plays for Kumpf School. "I make bead flowers - an old French art of using glass beads." Special thanks to my husband Steve and JoAnn Scanlon for giving me the chance to rekindle my love for the stage, and thanks to a wonderful cast and fabulous crew."

BILL MCMEEKAN	*(Set/Lighting Designer)* To Be Developed

JESSICA FOERST	*(Lighting Operator/Playbill)*Jessica is truly a 'jane-of-all-trades'. Not only does she oversee the Playbill as Playbill Director, but she effectives the lightin operations of our productions. Jessica, with her artisitc talent, also creates and prepares much of the art work for our publicity and web site.

GLEN CRANE	*(Sound Design)*To Be Developed

MIKE BIEBER	*(Sound Operator)*To Be Developed

NAOMI YABLONSKY	*(Publicity)a member of 20 years has directed, acted and produced at WCP. Naomi was WCP president from 2001-07. In addition to Crimes of the Heart, she produced Nunsense. Naomi has directed WCP's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream* last fall, Jake's Women, California Suite, Lend Me a Tenor, Moon Over Buffalo, An American Daughter, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and There Goes the Bride. Her acting credits include Noises Off (Dotty/Mrs. Clackett), Broad Bound (Kate), Rumors, Romeo and Juliet (The Nurse), Breath of Spring, and the Cemetery Club at WCP and Cranford Dramatic Club. She is delighted to be working with an excellent cast and crew.

STEVE LEMENILLE	*(Webmaster)* Steve is the webmaster for WCP. He has also acted for WCP in A Midsummer Night's Dream as Theseus, in Fools as the Magistrate, in Little Mary Sunshine as Col. Fairax, in Death of a Salesman as Stanley, in Don't Drink the Water as Kilroy, in Abie's Irish Rose as Isaac Cohen, and in A View from the Birdge as Mr. Lipari. Steve has also directed for WCP...last season's production of Dial 'M' for Murder, and most recently A View from the Bridge. Steve will be directing next season's production of "Squabbles." Steve will also be appearing in Main Street Players, of Parlin, production of An Then There Were None by Agatha Christie which opens May 6, 2011.

DORIS DIAS	*(Costumes)I started working on costumes at the Westfield Community Theater in 2009 with their production of Little Mary Sunshine. At this point I fell in love with costuming. I was asked back to the theater and subsequently invited as the Chairperson of Costumes. Past credits: A View from the Bridge, Little Mary Sunshine, Don�t Drink the Water, The Second Time Around, Dial M for Murder, Caught In The Net, Beauty and the Beast, Alice in Wonderland, Abie�s Irish Rose, I Love You, You�re Perfect, Now Change, Top Girls, Stuart Little* and Bizet�s Carmen I am a Costumer, I make clothes for imaginary people. ---Celestine Ranney, 1982

RENATE BIEBER	*(Box Office)* Renate has been Director of Tickets since the 08-09 season and enjoys making sure the front of the house runs smoothly. Participating in the chorus of Mikado and Pirates of Penzance with the Gilbert & Sullivan Players of Philadelphia many years ago makes her appreciate the hard work that goes into a production and confirmed her belief that she doesn't want to be on stage. Renate is a substitute teacher in the Westfield School District, a board member of Westfield Hadassah, a member of the Harvest Quilters of Central New Jersey and enjoys spending time with her family and reading.

DESIREE EWANKOV	*(Make-Up)*To Be Developed

TBA	*(Stage crew)* To Be Developed

GEORGE HILTZ	*(Set Construction Chairman)*