Lee Ann Payne*

Louise in THE GREAT NEBULA IN ORION and Ms. J.H. Joslyn in A BETROTHAL

Lee Ann returns to Jewel Theatre to play Louise in The Great Nebula in Orion and Ms. J.H. Joslyn in A Betrothal after appearing as Peggy Guggenheim in the staged reading of Peggy The Musical. Payne also recently appeared as the Baker’s Wife in Broadway by the Bay’s Into the Woods. Other credits include Annie in Annie Get Your Gun, Mrs. Meers in Thoroughly Modern Millie, Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes and Vicki Nichols in The Full Monty. She earned her MFA in Musical Theatre at San Diego State University in 2002 and has worked as a performer and teacher across the country.

Sheila Savage*

Carrie in THE GREAT NEBULA IN ORION

Sheila Savage, playing Carrie in The Great Nebula in Orion, has many Bay Area credits, including roles at TheatreWorks, Opera San Jose and The Willows Theatre. Savage also spent several years in Chicago where she performed at The Goodman in A Little Night Music, at The Human Race in Dancing at Lughnasa, at Greasy Joan and Company in Ipheginia and Other Daughters; and two original works, Bright Particular Star and Widow’s Walk with SumerNight Series. Most recently, Savage produced and performed an original cabaret called Do it Again at Theatre on San Pedro Square in San Jose.

Jon-Mark Hurley*

Mr. Kermit Wasserman in A BETROTHAL

Jon-Mark Hurley plays Mr. Kermit Wasserman in A Betrothal and holds the Master of Music degree from Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee as well as the Bachelor of Arts in Music from  Santa Clara University. Hurley is currently performing in the Public Theatre's production of Jacques Brel. Other credits include Margaret Mead in the Willow Theatre's production of Hair in Concord, Morris Bobrow’s long running Shopping: The Musical in San Francisco, Horton The Elephant in Cabrillo’s production of Seussical, The Musical and Nicely-Nicely Johnson in Cabrillo Stage's Guys and Dolls.  He will be debuting Ivan Rosenblum's song cycle "Rilke on Radio" at the Cabrillo New Music Festival in Spring 2010 set to the poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke.