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perform and get training and
is constantly growing. She's
one of the top people in our
city."
Cooper appeared in local
dinner theaters before delv-
ing into commercials and film
work.
"You have to learn to adapt
to the camera," she explains.
"Following training in New
York, Cooper taught acting
methods for commercials,
narrations and industrial
films for six years at the
Weist Barron School of 'Televi-
sion Acting in Southfield.
Her talent for dialects has
won her jobs both on and off
the camera. Cooper did all the
off stage voices in A Shayna
Maidel. In addition to her
work in industrial films,
Cooper has apppeared in local
and national commercials, in-
cluding spots for Buick,
Ziebardt and Color Tile. She
has appeared in productions
at the Birmingham Theatre,
Meadow Brook Theatre and
Actor's Renaissance Theatre.
She has also done several
radio commercials, and
recently appeared on "Rescue
911" for CBS TV.
Usually cast in comedies,
Cooper says the role of Mama
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Jaye Cooper: 'I was supposed to be a concert pianist'
in A Shayna Maidel was her
most dramatic.
Says her director, Sam
Pollak, "I wanted a Mama
who was beautiful and strong
— a lioness of a woman, and
I felt Jaye could portray those
qualities."
Cooper says the play, a
Holocaust story, parallels her
own father's life.
"A Shayna Maidel is about
a Jewish family separated by
the war," she explains. "In
one scene, the father, who left
for America with one
daughter before the war, is
talking to the daughter he is
reunited with who survived
the war. He reads from a list
as he asks her about the fate
of his missing relatives, most
of whom died in concentra-
tion camps.
"My father came here
before the war. He and two of
his brothers were the only
survivors of 13 children. He
also had lists and was con-
stantly trying to learn about
the fate of his family
members."
Cooper says the hardest
part about acting is finding
the core of the play. "It takes
a lot of digging to find the
spine of my character and
then find that truth in myself.
As an actor, you are trained to
draw on your own emotions
and background to identify
with a role."
Almost 90 percent of all ac-
tors are unemployed, Cooper
says. So she advises potential
actors to find another profes-
sion "unless it is in your
heart and soul and you can't
picture doing anything else."
She also recommends a sup-
plemental means of financial
support. While appearing in
A Shayna Maidel, Cooper
took a month off from her job
as manager of a Southfield
restaurant.
"I would love to make a liv-
ing wage as an actor," she
says. "But the financial
rewards of acting are not
wonderful."
Having a thick skin is
another essential. "In acting,
the name of the game is rejec-
tion. You audition and audi-
tion. Directors are always try-
ing to make you better and
you are always being criticiz-
ed?'
So what is this hold acting
has on Cooper?
"The next job is like a car-
rot in front of my nose," she
says. "It's in my blood. The
theater is my love." ❑
School Plans
Benefit Concert
The piano artistry of vir-
tuoso Maria Meirelles will be
presented 8 p.m. June 8 at the
Lila Jones-Johnson Theater
in Royal Oak. Meirelles will
perform a benefit concert for
the scholarship Fund of
Roeper City and Country
School in Bloomfield Hills.
Meirelles has performed
throughout South America,
Mexico and the United
States.
There is a charge.