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___________________ Who’s Who_____________________ Jim Reed (Panzi/Jose Sarria and Costumer). Born in Beaver Falls, Pa., Jim did undergrad studies at Carnegie Mellon in PiYsburgh, grad work at Penn State in Happy Valley, and moved to Philadelphia in 1976. LongRme residents may have seen him dressed as a historical character in the park or with their kids at children’s theater, in a musical at one of the dinner theaters, or in the Thanksgiving Parade as Santa dancing on the museum steps with the RockeYes. He also did stage work for Opera Delaware, the Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall. Jim created Murder Mysteries and staged them across the East Coast and as far away as Arizona. For 15 years he sang with the Gay Men’s Chorus. He did all this while raising a beauRful daughter, Kathryn. He lives in Collingswood with his partner Stephan and can ofen be found hanging around the piano at Tavern on Camac, where he met tonight’s playwright and director. He would like to thank Deryl for “drag”ging him back onto the stage afer so many years and kindly knocking off the old cobwebs. Jerry Schmidt (Martin/Oscar Wilde). Jerry is a Lehigh Valley comedian, playwright and drag queen. He can be seen weekly as Carol Ann Carol Ann at the LafayeYe Bar in Easton, Pa. His play, “Olden Girls-All-Inclusive,” was recently staged at Civic Theatre of Allentown. Jerry lives in the Poconos with his husband, Chuck.

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