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traumatically brain injured.
"So, working on these pro-
ductions is fun for me. It's
magic time."
Another one of Gurwin's
veterans is Dolores Shevlin,
who will play the part of
Glad Hand. "It's a cameo
appearance, but the role is
delightful," said Shevlin,
who made her theater debut
in the late 1930s at age 8
when she played Goldilocks
in Goldilocks and the Three
Bears.
Like Zatkin, Shevlin, a
longtime-member of the
Farmington Players, hooked
up with Gurwin 13 years ago
when she was on the
technical and publicity staffs
of the first Nancy Gurwin
Production, I Do! I Dol. Since
then, the Farmington Hills
resident has appeared in
several of Gurwin's shows.
She has also directed pro-
ductions for the Farmington
Players.
Sitting in the director's
chair for West Side Story is
Kathi Bush of Bloomfield
Hills. "She is just wonder-
ful," Gurwin said. "Kathi
choreographed Fiddler on
the Roof, Annie Get Your
Gun and Snoopy for me.
She's doing both duties for
this show, and I think it's a
real plus for us."
Assisting Bush with the
choreography is Michael
Pilon of West Bloomfield; he
will also portray Bernardo,
Maria's brother, a Shark _ .
"It's a great dancing role, a
part I've always wanted to
play," he said.
Pilon has choreographed
and appeared in several
shows for Detroit-area
dinner and community
theaters. When he's not in
class at Oakland Communi-
ty College, Pilon teaches
aerobics at an area health
club and works for a hotel.
Also of West Bloomfield is
10th-grader Lisa Melinn,
who will appear as Consuelo.
Melinn performed in the
NGP Annie Get Your Gun
and has acted in several pro-
ductions with a community
theater in Troy. The past
two summers, she. attended
Cranbrook Theater School
and recently studied drama
from Gurwin. Melinn said
West Side's cast members
are all very friendly. "They
are really supportive. If you
have a problem, they're the
first to help you out and give
you a hand. That's really
great."
There is, of course, one
person the Jets don't care to
help, and he is the much
taunted Officer Krupke,
played by Phil Jakey, who
appeared in several NGPs,
including Annie Get Your

Dawn Hamblin and Danny Gurwin

Gun and Diary of Anne
Frank.
Other adults in the cast in-
clude Michael Kowal, who
will portray Lt. Schrank,
while Tony's confidant, Doc,
will be played by Gary Tem-
ple.
"I just got into the musical
comedy thing the last couple
of years when I was in Birm-
ingham Players' Damn
Yankees," Temple said.
"Before that, my interest
was basically in classical
music. Temple, who teaches
math and science at a junior
high school in Plymouth, has
appeared in a handful of
Gurwin Productions, in-
cluding Funny Girl, Annie
Get Your Gun and Gypsy,
where he starred opposite
Nancy. In the recent NGP
production of Guys and
Dolls, he portrayed Nicely
Nicely.
Although Temple has per-
formed with other communi-
ty theaters, he finds Gur-
win's shows exciting and a
challenge. But, he admits, "I
think here you're put under
a little more pressure, so
you've got to do your
homework and get it done
before rehearsals . . ."
Not only does Stefani
Bindes, the youngest cast
member, do her (West Side)
homework before play prac-
tice, but the 12-year-old also
cracks the school books
when she's not needed on

stage during rehearsals.
Bindes, a student at Holmes
Junior High School in
Livonia, will portray
Anybodys, the confused girl
who longs to be a Jet. "I've
never done anything big like
this, and it's really fun," she
said.
Like Bindes, Marci and
Howard Freeman of
Southfield will also make
their NGP debut. Howard
Will portray A-Rab, a Jet,
while his older sister takes

"They are really
supportive. If you
have a problem,
they're the first to
help you out and
give you a hand."

on the role of Graziella, one
of the Jet's girls.
The show's other actors in-
clude Jesse Heindle (Riff),
Jason Scott (Action), Marc
Bleyer (Baby John), Tony
Casarta (Diesel), Lorie
Horowitz (Velma), Jennifer
Letzer (Minnie), Mike Dem-
in g (Chino), Daryl
Ziegelman (Pepe), Kenny
Peurasaari (Indio), Laura
Rogers (Anita), Lisa
Ouelette (Rosalia) and
Michelle Greenstein
(Teresita).
The show's music director
is Lee George, who has held
this role for recent NGPs —