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Jason G FordhamMemorial Endowment Fund
We are very pleased to announce the creation of theJason G. Fordham Memorial Endowment Fund.
Gifted by an individual who asked not to be identified,the Jason G. Fordham Memorial Endowment Fund wasestablished to honor the memory of Jason Fordham,who passed away September 24, 2013, following a 4-year battle with cancer.
Jason was a supporter of the arts in Rome and FloydCounty, Georgia, particularly related to theatre and thepreservation of the Historic DeSoto Theatre and was amember of both the Rome Little Theatre Board of Direc-tors and the Historic DeSoto Theatre Foundation Board,serving as president of the Rome Little Theatre Board ofDirectors from 2009-2011.
The designated purposes of the Jason G. Fordham Memorial Endowment Fund are:(a) to honor Jason Fordham’s contributions to theatre;(b) to serve as Jason Fordham’s legacy; and(c) to provide on-going support for Rome Little Theatre and the Historic DeSotoTheatre Foundation.
The income from the investment of monies in the Jason G. Fordham Memorial Endow-ment Fund will be equally divided between Rome Little Theatre and the Historic DeSotoTheatre Foundation to be used in whatever manner the individual organizations deemappropriate in support of the arts in Rome and Floyd County, Georgia.
In addition to the $100,000.00 initial donation to establish the Jason G. Fordham Memori-al Endowment Fund, both Rome Little Theatre and the Historic DeSoto Theatre Founda-tion gladly accept donations to the Endowment Fund to honor Jason’s legacy and hismany contributions to theatre as well as provide on-going support for Rome Little Theatreand the Historic DeSoto Theatre Foundation.
Donations earmarked for the Jason G. Fordham Memorial Endowment Fund may besafely made at romelittletheatre.org or mailed to the Historic DeSoto Theatre, 530 BroadStreet, Rome, GA 30161.
OMELITTLE THEATREat the historic DeSoto Theatre
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STAGE MANAGER SOUND DESIGN LIGHT DESIGN
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May 29 - June 7, 2015
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Arrive earlyIt's a good idea to arrive at least 30 min-utes early so you can have plenty of timeto find a parking spot, pick up your tickets,use the rest room and get something at theconcession counter.
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Turn your cell phone offEven if you have it on vibrate, people canstill hear the buzzing and it's very distract-ing. Don't talk or text on the phone DUR-ING the performance. If you need to take acall, please wait until a scene change be-fore you leave.
Coming and GoingPlease don't get up and leave during theperformance unless it's an emergency. Ifyou do need to leave or come back in,please wait until there is a scene change.
FidgetingPlease sit still. Bumping your elbows intoyour neighbors or kicking the seat in frontof you is annoying. If you have kids, pleasekeep them in control.
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DeSoto Theatre HistoryIn 1928, O. C. Lam, the owner of Lam Amusement Company, laid plans to con-struct a new movie theater in downtown Rome, GA. Lam wanted to build a mov-ie palace - a luxurious theater modeled after New York’s Roxy. Lam purchaseda section of prime real estate on the main street of downtown Rome for$50,000.The building’s exterior and Georgian interior stylishly housed a number of recentmovie palace innovations. Designed as a “talkie” theater, it was the first venuein the South to be designed and built for sound pictures. Rome’s new houseboasted a Vitaphone sound system. And, the theater was heated and cooled byan innovative blower-fan air conditioning and tubular boiler system. Additionally,the theater was equipped with state-of-the-art fire safety equipment. Fitted withmany exits, the theater could be emptied in two minutes.Lam named his new movie palace for Hernando DeSoto, who was thought bymany historians to have passed through the area that is now Rome in 1540. TheDeSoto was completed at a cost of $110,000 and opened in August of 1929. Atthat time, the theater seated over 1000 patrons, making it one of the seven larg-est movie venues in Georgia at the time. The theater was an instant successand the pride of Rome. The DeSoto was one of the main sources of entertain-ment for Northwest Georgia and Northeast Alabama for the next fifty years.In 1982, the DeSoto closed as a movie theater, but soon reopened as the venuefor Rome’s local amateur theatre group, and continues to be a source of enter-tainment in downtown Rome. Rome Little Theatre has staged hundreds of per-formances in the 24 years it owned the DeSoto, and the theater is one of thevenues for the annual Rome International Film Festival. Now seating 500 pa-trons, the DeSoto still retains its Art-Deco marquee, French mirrored entrancehall, and Georgian interior design. In 2006, Rome Little Theatre created the His-toric DeSoto Theatre Foundation, in order to preserve and protect the building.
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RUBY’S ROWPhyllis CollinsRalph WhiteEdna BiggersAbigail ChildersTammy ChildersSandy DavisTommy & Mary OrtweinKathy DisneyDeana WallaceSarita & George JoynerG.E. FoundationChris, Anna & Tess DavidsonWendell BarnesPaul & Shari CulottaMartha TapiaBarbara & Jim Austin
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Thank you for coming to Rome Little The-atre’s production of Bleacher Bums! I grew up in the Midwest, where base-ball ruled the summer. My heroes wereGeorge Brett, Ozzie Smith,and the Cub great RyneSandberg. Too often, Iwould come home afterschool in the fall or spring,throw my homework on thebed, and sit down to catchthe Cubs play on WGN. Iwould watch the boys inblue play under “God’s ownlights,” think about thesmell of freshly cut grass,listen for the sound of woodstriking leather, and smile.When the game was over, Iwould throw little pop fliesover my bed and then safe-ly make the diving catch forthe last out, just like The Hawk, AndreDawson, might do. Even though mymother was a dyed-in-the-wool Cardinalsfan, she wasn’t able to keep me from mycalling as a member of the Cubby faithful.I can remember vividly watching theCubs win their division in 1984, and sub-sequently blow their shot at the WorldSeries. I’ve seen them do it over andover again, (‘89, ‘98, ‘03, ‘07, ‘08) but,like the late Ron Santo, I’ve never givenup faith that the next year would be THEyear. So what? Why would anyone careabout this exercise in futility all the waydown here in Rome, Georgia? The an-swer: this play isn’t only about the Cubs.It’s really about the human experience.
It’s about the willingness to hope for thebest in the face of futility, to believe in thepossibility of the impossible. It’s aboutthat moment we can all understand,
when we look defeat in theeye, wipe the tears fromour faces, and say “I stillbelieve.” It’s about inno-cence lost, and foundagain. It’s about friends,family, and fanatical loyalty.It’s about a love for thegame. It’s about baseball,and it’s about humanity. I think this cast has donea wonderful job of captur-ing this vision. The multi-talented Chris Davidsonhas faithfully brought Wrig-ley Field to our stage, andMichael Scott’s sound de-sign will have you feel like
you are sitting in the middle of the fieldduring a game. Producer Chuck Morrishas worked tirelessly to keep us on pointand working towards our goal. To every-one in the cast and crew, the RLT Boardof Directors, the membership, and ourloyal patrons, I say “thank you” from thebottom of my heart. My mother would often scold me afterlittle league games, saying “Chris, youcan’t hit the ball if you don’t swing thebat!” I think we took a big swing with thisshow, and I hope it’s a home run for you. Enjoy the show, and “Welcome to Wrig-ley Field!” P.S. This one’s for you, Mom.
Chris Parker
Message from the Director
Sue Montgomery was a lifelong Cardinals fan. Sheenjoyed baseball tremendously. Having performed onstage in high school, Sue was also a patron of thetheatre.Sue passed away this past April of cancer, and wewish to dedicate this production to her memory.
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Today’s LineupMelody King ………………………………..……… Lauren JonesGreg …………………………………………….. Michael HillmanHerb Zigowski ………………………………………..Brain HalesDecker ………………………………………………. Paul CulottaRichie ……………………………………….…… James WoodallMarvin ………………………………………………. Bob MoulardCheerleader …………………….…………………….. Chris ColeRose …………………………………………………. Erika WilsonThe Kid …………………………………………… Isaac BrackettSecurity Guard ………………………………………..Tony AngioAnnouncer …………………………………………….. Jim HunterVendor ……………………………………………….John BarnettEnsemble ……………………………………………… Billy Leffler
Jim HellriegelBetsy Mitchell
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Assistant Director………….……...…………….….…. Todd WilliamsSet Design …………………………………………...…Chris DavidsonCostume Design……………………………………….. Mandy MaloneyCostume Crew ………….………………………….….… John BarnettProperties ………………………………………………Carol MurchlandLight Board Operator .…………..….……………….………. Jim HunterSound Crew …..………………………………………..….…Amy ScottGraphic Design/Photographer………………………… Megan KeatingPublicity ………………………………………..……….… Neal Brackett
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Tony Angio - Security GuardTony was born and raised in Chicago,IL., so there-fore WrigleyField is a wellknown friend,as is Comis-key Park, theCubs, theWhite Soxand theBears. He hasspent manyan afternoonsitting in thebleachers atWrigley Field cheering on the Cubsas they constantly fought so hard towin, an outcome that came only oncein a blue moon. Although this isTony's first acting experience, the en-vironment and characters in this playare very familiar. He also served inthe Army Reserves with Glenn Beck-ert and Don Kessinger, Cub playerswho were on the 1969 team that al-most made it. In 1969, the Cubs werelovingly referred to as "the most cele-brated second-place team in the his-tory of baseball." Tony wishes tothank Chris for giving him this chanceand his fellow actors who have given
him a very en-joyable experi-ence.
John Barnett -VendorJohn has hada passion forbaseball fromchildhoodwhen his fathercoached his 8and underteam at Rome
Boys Club many years ago. Johnmay have been type-cast for his roleas “vendor” in Bleacher Bums, havingbeen seen in Concessions for all RLTand HDTF events/shows. John hasbeen seen on stage in many showssince 2004, has served on Rome Lit-tle Theatre Board of Directors, and,most recently, as House Manage-ment Chairman. He would like to givea shout out to his wife (of 42 years),Kay, for her undying love and sup-port, as well as, to all of his family fortheir support of him. Nicole, Todd,Anna, Nash, Rebekah (Beka), Bran-don and Aaron have all served withhim at Rome Little Theatre and theBarnett Family is honored to be vol-unteers of RLT. John now asks thatyou just sit back, relax, enjoy theshow and let's all "Play Ball"! GOCUBBIES!
Isaac Brackett - The KidIsaac has appeared in fifteen otherproductions onstage at the Desoto,including roles in Scrooge: The Musi-cal, Gypsy,Peter Pan,and OliverTwist. Hewas a tapdancing Jitter-bug in Wizardof Oz, youngWilliam Fran-kenstein inFrankenstein,and earlierthis season,portrayed JoeHarper in TheAdventures of Tom Sawyer. Isaac willportray Pouncival in the upcomingUpstagers Theatre Company produc-tion of Cats. He has also performed in
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a number of Sam Baltzer’s R.O.M.E.shows. Isaac is a member of theSpivey Children’s Choir at ClaytonState University under the direction ofDr. Martha Shaw. He studies danceat the Dance Centre and plays soc-cer. You rarely see Isaac without oneof the many hats from his hat collec-tion!
Chris Cole - CheerleaderThis is Chris' 2nd appearance thisseason on stage at RLT, having justperformed in Spamalot as a memberof the ensem-ble. He alsoappeared inlast season'sperformanceof A Few GoodMen. Chrisfirst appearedon the RLTstage in 2007,in the musicalAnnie GetYour Gun.Chris hasworked for the United States PostalService for 25 years, and has alsobeen affiliated with the Floyd PostalCredit Union and the Atlanta PostalCredit Union for a combined 18years. First as a board member andthen as a part time employee. Chrisand his wife of 31 years, Diane, havetwo daughters and three grandchil-dren. His wife has shown extremepatience for the past several months,as he has been involved in two showsback to back, and she realizes that nomatter how old he gets, he will not acthis age! Chris also performs as"Jumpin" Jake Blues with the musicalgroup "The Georgia Blues Brothers".The group formed in 2008, and since
then have performed all around theSoutheast, headlining many festivals,4th of July shows, and Rome's FirstFriday Concert Series. They havealso performed as the opening act forthe Swingin' Medallions, the Las Ve-gas act Bruce In The USA, and coun-try star Jimmy Wayned. They are alsoslated to open for The Charlie DanielsBand later this fall. Chris would like tothank his wife for her support, andChris Parker and Chuck Morris andthe entire team that has worked sohard on this production. Growing upin Northern Illinois, Chris attendedseveral Cubs games at Wrigley Field,and is excited about reliving some ofhis youth!
Paul Culotta - DeckerUntil I moved to Georgia, I was a fa-natical Seattle Mariners fan from theirfirst game in 1977. So the Cubs-Car-dinals rivalry in Bleacher Bums isvery familiar, just like that betweenthe Mariners and the rightfully de-
spised NewYork Yan-kees. Aftermoving herein 2008, ofcourse I be-came an At-lanta Bravesfan, although Istill cheer likea fool whenthe Marinersbeat the Yan-kees. On theacting side, I
have been portraying villains and un-likable characters since Babes inToyland in 2009. So acting the role ofDecker, a true good guy (although abit vulgar at times), was a stretch. So
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was having to learn well over 200lines! Finally, we discovered thatthere is no intermission in this play,just like a baseball game, so we castmembers had to soldier on for ninestraight innings of fun, fun baseball.Huge thank-yous go to Chuck Morris,our tireless producer, Chris Davidson,our talented set designer, and ChrisParker, our director. Chris had a greatvision for the play and directed withencouragement and superb sugges-tions, so that each cast membercould overcome all challenges and dohis/her very best. Finally, bigthankyous go to my four cats and mywife, Shari, who put up with mycountless hours of taking over thecats’ back porch to learn all thoselines! So now enjoy the game! Playball! Play ball!
Brian Hales - Herb Zikowski "Zig"Brian's first productions since movingfrom Texas were RLT's production ofA Christmas Carol and, Spamalot inwhich heplayedScrooge andKing Arthur,respectively.Brian wantedto relate thathis father wasa great base-ball fan. Thathis Springsand Sum-mers with hisdad alwaysincluded playing catch from the timehis dad got home to dinnertime.Though always pooped after a longdays work, there was time for hittingBrian some grounders or throwing aball sky high, so high they looked asthough they went out of sight, and
when he caught one on reentry hewas very, very proud. As a direct re-sult Brian can add to his bio that hewas all star 1st baseman for the BettyJane Elementary School Giants (lastplace), and all-star first baseman forthe Orangewood Elementary SchoolWhite Sox, (first place 3 years in arow). No autographs please! Brian'sdad passed last July and so in someway this production is a homage tothose, like Brian, who listened to thegames on the car radio with dad onwarm summer nights at the drive indiner. Or watched the home teamover soda pop and hot dogs. PlayBall!!
Jim Hellriegel - EnsembleJim is back on stage after workingback stage over the past year. Jimappeared in The Man Who Came toDinner and A Few Good Men and hasworked back-stage onmore showsthan can belisted. Jimwas broughtto Rome LittleTheatre byhis wife, Tra-cy, to seeTwelve AngryMen severalyears ago.Although hesaid there would be Thirteen AngryMen, he came to the show with hiswife and loved it. Since that time, Jimhas continued to frequent the theaterand has become a valuable asset forset build, back stage crew, strike,special events and for occasional on-stage appearances. Jim is an em-ployee of Southeastern Mills and hasbeen a resident of Rome for 37 years.
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Michael Hillman - GregMichael is extremely honored andexcited to be part of this fantasticcast. Michael is an English teacher atCalhoun City High School. He hasbeen involved in theater for about 12years and has been in several pro-ductions at RLT, including the role ofAlan in Play it Again, Sam, Renfield inDracula, and Tom in The Glass Me-nagerie. Prior to being involved at
RLT, Michaelwas in severalplays in Cal-houn LittleTheater, in-cluding therole of Tony inDial M forMurder andMeyers in Wit-ness for theProsecution.Michael is soexcited about
being in this baseball-related theatri-cal venture that he is currently lookingfor other sports-centered plays to do.For example, if anyone knows of aplay set in the world of curling, hewould love to know about it. Michaelwould like to thank Lauren and hisfamily for their love and support.
Jim Hunter -The AnnouncerBleacher Bumsis Jim's secondRome LittleTheater pro-duction. Hisvery first timeon stage wasas Major Mar-kinson in thesuccessful
2014 drama - A Few Good Men,which earned Jim a Roman nomina-tion for Best Showstopper. Jim's onlyother gig in show business was as anextra in the blockbuster movie - TheFirm. Jim is excited about landing arole where he is only heard and notseen. He gives thanks to his Dad forpassing down his "radio voice."
Lauren Jones - Melody KingLauren returns to the DeSoto stageafter recently dancing and singing inSpamalot. Throughout her six-yearcareer at Rome Little Theatre, she’sacted in six shows and assistant di-rected three.For her 9 to5, Lauren isthe Market-ing Directorfor theRome-FloydParks andRecreationAuthority.She wouldlike to thankher family fortheir support,Michael for doing this with her all overagain, Eliot for helping her with theBleacher Bums trailer, and Chris forgiving her the teeniest inkling of whatit’s like to be a Cubs fan. Laurenwould like to thank her father, specifi-cally, for talking about John Smoltz somuch that one time he took her to aBraves game, ensuring that amongbaseball fans, she can drop his nameand then nod and agree with every-thing else that is said thereafter. Lau-ren bats right and catches onaccident.
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Billy Leffler - EnsembleBilly is a junior at Coosa High School.When not competing on the wrestlingmat, he can beseen in thestands at othersporting eventscheering on theEagles, oftentimes sportingblack and whitebody paint. Thisis Billy's secondproduction onthe DeSotostage, appear-ing previously inCoosa High School's production ofThe Rules of Comedy.
Betsy Mitchell - EnsembleBetsy is a local Realtor with KellerWilliams Realty. She is a graduate ofGeorgia State University with a majorin English Literature and a minor infilm and video production. This is herfirst production with Rome Little The-atre. She has worked on numerousfilm and televi-sion produc-tions as astand-in/photodouble and asbackgroundtalent. Shealso appearedin The WalkingDead as a fea-tured "W"Walker. She iscurrently pur-suing a careerin acting alongside her career in realestate and is happy to be a part of theamazing cast and crew of BleacherBums!
Chuck Morris - ProducerChuck is a partner at the law firm ofParker and Lundy, and serves as anAssociate Juvenile Court Judge forPolk and Haralson Counties. Chuck ispresident of Rome Little Theatre, co-founder of the Cedartown TheatricalPerformers’ Company, and serves onthe Board of Directors for the Cedart-own Civic Arts Commission and theHistoric DeSoto Theatre Foundation.Chuck received his bachelor’s degreein Theatre Artsand Speechfrom the Uni-versity of theSouth in Se-wanee, Ten-nessee, andworked as atouring actorwith severalregional chil-dren’s theatersafter gradua-tion. Since hebegan his legal career, Chuck hasdirected or produced over a dozencommunity theater productions.
Robert Moulard - Marvin(Well, here he is again, and auditioncommittee confidentiality rules beingwhat they are, we will probably neverknow whom to hold responsible. Weurge you to remember this is commu-nity theater and we must make dowith the resources we have. So, in aspirit of Christian forbearance andforgiveness let us put Mr. Moulard'sbio behind us so we can watch thisotherwise quite funny play, and geton with our lives. --The Board.) Sofar, in this, his eighth season at RLT,Mr Moulard has managed to avoidprosecution. In a somewhat-snippier-than-it-needed-to-be review, a
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spokesman for the Floyd Countyprosecutor's office said, "While Mr.Moulard's perpetration of Emil Dross-elmeyer in The Nutcracker last yearat the Auditorium was artisticallyfraudulent and aesthetically reprehen-sible, but he did keep his pants on,and did notviolate anyfelony statutewe could findin the GeorgiaCode, anno-tated. My kidsloved hisChristmasPolar Expressshow,though." Mr.Moulard is agraduate ofthe Schola Cantorum Dysmelodia inPavo and is musical and artistis direc-tor of his world-ignored troupe of eat-ing and sleeping felines, The Cats ofThousands. Stinky and Petey say"howdy" and remind you that if you'rehaving half as much fun watching Mr.Moulard perform as he's having per-forming for you, then he's havingtwice as much fun as you.
Carol Murchland - EnsembleCarol is thrilled to be a part of Bleach-er Bums. She is a lifelong baseballfan and this show has taken her backto her childhood. She remembers asa young girl watching the Saturdaygame of the week, usually the NewYork Yankees, on a black and whiteTV. She had a glove and ball insteadof dolls. She remembers as she gotolder tirelessly playing catch with herneighbor. One of her fondest memo-ries is being at the first Atlanta Bravesvs. the Pittsburgh Pirates game onApril 13, 1966. That was the begin-
ning of many trips to the ballpark.Through the years, she has visitedmany ballparks all over the country.Along theway, she be-came a Cubsfan watchinggames onWGN.BleacherBums hasbeen a nos-talgic trip thathas broughtback a floodof wonderfulmemories ofgreat times at the ball game. Shewishes to thank Chris Parker andChuck Morris for giving her this spe-cial opportunity to be a part of such asweet journey. So, let this show takeyou to a wildly entertaining game atWrigley Field. Play ball and Go Cub-bies!!!
Chris Parker -Bats: RightThrows: RightPosition: DirectorChris studied theatre at Berry Col-lege, and currently teaches English atCoosa HighSchool. Thisis Chris's firstouting as adirector atRLT. He waspreviously theassistant di-rector for TheBest Christ-mas PageantEver. Thisyear, he direct-ed Coosa HighSchool's The Rules of Comedy.
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Chris's recent on-stage experienceincludes Faith Healer with the Ad HocTheatre Company, and the role ofColonel Jessup in RLT's A Few GoodMen. Chris is a die-hard ChicagoCubs fan. His mother Sue Montgom-ery was a life-time St. Louis Cardinalsfan, and she and Chris spent manymemorable hours together teasingeach other while watching the Cubsand Cardinals play. The friendly rival-ry they shared over these two teamscaptured what is best about baseballand the fan experience. Sue passedaway this April. It is with great lovethat Chris wishes to dedicate thisshow to Sue's memory.
Jeff Ward - Ensemble/Greg UnderstudyJeff is thrilled to be a part of theBleacherBums cast.This is hissecond pro-duction atRLT, his firstwas A FewGood Menlast year. Jeffis excited tobe reunitedwith so manyof the wonder-ful cast andcrew from AFew Good Men, which was a majorreason he auditioned. Jeff hopes youhave as much fun watching the showas he had being in it.
Todd Williams - Assistant DirectorTodd is the husband of Nicole Wil-liams. They have two children, Annaand Nash. When not on stage,
he enjoys playing golf and tennis.Todd also en-joys hangingout with friendsand playinggames or doinga little karaoke.He was in dra-ma club in highschool wherehe played thelead role inSganarelle. Heplayed the TinMan in TheWizard of Oz and Bob Bradley in TheBest Christmas Pageant Ever. Hewas also in Grease, Legally Blondethe Musical, Experience Christmasand The Rocky Horror Show. He willbe serving on the Board of Directorsnext season.
Erika Wilson - RoseThis is Erika's first performance withRome LittleTheater, butshe has beeninvolved incommunitytheater off andon since juniorhigh school.Some of herfavorite roleshave been:Myra Bruhl inDeathtrap, Ju-dy in PerfectWedding, JoBeth in Seeing Stars in Dixie, andBerthe in Boeing Boeing. Erika ismarried to Craig Wilson and is a stay-at-home mom to three boys, Patrick,Simon, and Elliot.
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James Woodall - RichieJames is a safety director for TotalLogistics located here in beautifulRome. He also works part time atRome Respiratory. He is a father oftwo beautiful 11 month old twin girls,Maggie and Jayden. James has beenmarried almost 5 years to AshleyWoodall. During his time off he lovesto go camping, fishing and spendingtime with his family. This is James’first theater performance ever and isglad Chris Parker allowed him thechance to perform with a great cast toguide and teach him. This hopefullywill not be his last performance!
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