Cast Profile - Jean-Paul Parker

Jean-Paul Parker would really like you to know that unicorns exist...

...And of course that he'll be making his first appearance in a T3 production as serious Mr. Brutus Sheinkopf in FAME.

A graduate of the Etobicoke School of the Arts, Jean-Paul has been enjoying the development of Mr. Sheinkopf's character: "Mr. Sheinkopf is very serious about his profession. Music truly is the hardest profession in the world and his students will surely come to realize that once he shows them how difficult every aspect of it is. Students are much too caught up in all this 80's alternative/glam rock business and they need to learn from the musicians who practically INVENTED music. Classical music is the root of perfect technique. Mr. Sheinkopf has seen plenty of students in his day and knows all too well that no one enjoys the artistry and skill of classical music. Although he has a tough exterior, it is all to break his students' bad habits of polluting their minds with what their vision of 'music' is today."

His favourite role to date has been the kind and gentle Matthew Cuthbert in Anne of Green Gables. "It was the first role I was ever truly passionate about. I've never worked harder on any character's development than I did for Matthew Cuthbert. I sincerely believe that him and I are one in the same, and that you should never let anyone take the exciting, imaginative, bubbly child out of you. Find love, joy and fantasy wherever you can and hold on to it forever." Following FAME, he will spend the summer teaching drama at a local summer camp where he will be writing a script for an adaptation of Grease.

See Jean-Paul as Mr. Sheinkopf in FAME: The Musical from June 24-27 at the Papermill Theatre. Tickets available at www.ticketweb.ca

Cast Profile - Chelsea Leaman

Chelsea Leaman is excited to be playing the sassy Carmen Diaz in FAME, in what will be her fourth show ever! This Chelsea's second show with T3 Productions after appearing as Annette in Annie in November 2009.

Chelsea is a graduate of the Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts and is also certified in BATD Tap, Jazz and Ballet. She says that her favourite role to date has been playing Robin in RAPA's "Smile" as she was able to work along side Jim Betts and Marek Norman in her first ever musical, in a leading role no less! When not performing herself, Chelsea teaches at Randolph KIDS! and I've Got Rhythm School of Dance.

Chelsea's favourite moment in FAME is when she is lifted a la Britney Spears and is carried across the stage. She says "I've never been lifted before and although it was frightening in the beginning I've overcome my fear of not trusting other cast members with my life and can now do partnering lifts with confidence". Chelsea will soon be reprising her role in The Killing Game as a part of the Toronto Fringe Festival, dancing as the Blue Fairy in Pinocchio - the Ballet as well as playing a supporting role in rapper D-Sissive's new music video "West Coast".

Watch Chelsea's performance (and exciting lift!) in FAME: The Musical from June 24-27 at the Papermill Theatre. Tickets available at www.ticketweb.ca