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                          Westfield Theatre Boosters

                          Jon Lawlor (04)

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                          Heather McElwain (06)

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                          made her Westfield debut with the Westfield Summer Stage production of Annie, Jr. In the years to follow, Heather was involved in several shows on and off-stage, including two more Summer Stage productions, and several main-stages, one-acts, cabarets, and other theatre booster events. After graduating from Westfield, Heather went on to James Madison University where she graduated in 2010 from the School of Theatre and Dance with a Bachelor of Arts in Musical Theatre, as well as English. Since graduating she spends her summers at Camp McLean as the Music and Drama specialist, developing and teaching activities to children ages 5-10. Heather now attends the University of Mary Washington as a graduate student, pursuing her Virginia teaching license and Master of Education. To bide the time until graduation (2013), Heather works as a substitute teacher with the hope of someday having a classroom to call her own.

                          Ashley McManamay (02)

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                          was a cast member of Godspell and The Glass Menagerie at Westfield HS. She graduated from Shenandoah University in 2006 with a BFA in Dance. She is currently employed as a dancer for Holland America Cruiseline on her 6th contract.

                          Claire Manship (09)

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                          is currently in her Junior year as a Bachelor of Fine Arts Acting Major at Elon University.  Most recently, Claire graduated from the Summer Conservatory at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in Manhattan, New York.  Her current projects are portraying Ilona Ritter U/S in She Loves Me, and Mrs. Bennet in Pride and Prejudice.  Her Elon Credits include: Mother U/S in Getting Out, Director for Alpha Psi Omega Presents "It Gets Better", Sound Designer for Joe Calarco's Shakespeare's R & J, Sound Designer for Many Sparrows, Sound Designer for Closer, Reclaiming in The Vagina Monologues, and Ensemble in Elon Cares: Equity Fights AIDS.  She is also a Principal Cast Member on Elon Tonight, Elon's premiere sketch comedy television show.  Her Adler credits include:  Jeannie inFat Pig.  Her professional credits include: Theatre West Virginia - Wendy Jo U/S in Footloose, Ensemble in Honey in the Rock, and as Mary Butcher U/S in Hatfields and McCoys: The Musical.  In her time at Westfield, Claire was involved in five one act plays, including W.A.S.P. and The Laramie Project, nine cabarets, three Summer Stage productions, and ten mainstages.  Claire had starring roles in High School Musical (Gabriella Montez), Into the Woods(Little Red Ridinghood), and Guys and Dolls (Sarah Brown), and was a lead in Centreville Presbyterian Church's production of Children of Eden (Eve).  She was also a 2009 Cappie Nominee for Creativity (Composition) for her involvement in A Doll House, and attended the Virginia Summer Residential Governor's School for Vocal Performance in 2008, at the University of Richmond.  Claire graduated from Westfield with academic honors and as an Honor Thespian in the International Thespian Society.

                          Kevin Manship (06)

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                          is a 2010 Elon University graduate with a degree in Music Theater and minor in Music Technology.  He is presently pursuing a career in music with his band, Ded Tribe, in Austin, TX.  His final Elon appearance was the title role in Neil Simon's Jake's Women.  Kevin's Elon credits include The Time of Your Life, Assassins, Company, Carousel, The Full Monty, A Midsummer Night's Dream, for which he was also the music director, and a featured role as Lefevre in Phantom of the Opera.   His Westfield Theatre credits include Fiddler on the Roof (Cappie nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Musical), Cowboys #2 (VTA regional and state awards), Our Town (Cappie nomination for Critics Choice for a Male Vocalist), Arsenic and Old Lace, and Oklahoma!  Kevin also had starring roles in two Westfield Theatre Booster productions, Forever Plaid and Bye Bye Birdie, and the lead in the 2005 Cappies National Theatre production of The Yellow Wood.

                          Megan Meadows (05)

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                          is a 2009 graduate of Virginia Tech with a B.A. in Theatre Arts and Communication.  Some of her most recent stage credits include Her Sexy Outfit: A Modern Adaptation of Lysistrata (Myrrhie) with OBIE award winning director Bob McGrath of NYC's Ridge Theatre, Personal: An Experiment About and Starring Craig's List.Com (Nurse/ Cereal Lover), The Burial at Thebes (Eurydice), The Vagina Monologues (Vulva Chorus) and A Murder of Crows (Georgia).  Amidst acting Megan has also put her Communication degree to work doing arts administration work, including internships with the John F. Kennedy Center in D.C. and the Virginia Tech School of the Arts.  Megan moved to NYC in the fall of 2009 to continue to pursue her career in stage and film, while hoping to create arts programming to raise awareness for the issue of gun violence. 

                          Pat Mitchell (02)

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                          recently returned from a 6 week tour of Ireland with the Keegan Theatre performing in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.  He performed in that show during the Summer of 2009 in Washington DC at the Church Street Theater.  Prior to that, he was working as the Production Manager for the Helen Hayes award winning Synetic Theater in Arlington where he managed A Christmas Carol, Romeo and Juliet, and Carmen which was produced at the Kennedy Center in the Family Theater.  He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in Theater at George Mason University.  He plans to continue working in DC as an actor and is currently working toward his teaching certification.


                          Kelly Moran (02)

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                          graduated from James Madison University in 2006 with a B.A. in Musical Theatre and Corporate Communications. She has spent the past few years traveling by bus and by boat on the National Tour of The Producers (Usherette) and in the mainstage cast aboard Disney Cruise Line’s The Disney Magic (“friends with" Belle/Snow White/Aurora/Cinderella). Her favorite regional credits include The Pajama Game (Babe), Oklahoma! (Ado Annie) and The King and I (Anna). She recently appeared with the Clurman Singers in “The Best of Lerner and Loewe” at Carnegie Hall, featuring Kelli O’Hara, Paulo Szot and the New York Pops. Kelly played the role of Peggy Sawyer in 42nd Street at Arizona Broadway theatre in Fall 2010.

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