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A VERY HEALTHY
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NEW YEAR

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Featuring

Ms. Hermelin-Weinberg performed in "Oedipus" during a Wayne State
tour of India.

Theatre and went on to do
musical comedy at the
Botsford Inn, working for a
New York organization that
cast only two parts with
local performers.
Buoyed by her Detroit
successes, she returned to
New York, working in chil-
dren's theater as well as
with the mime company
until illness forced her
home again. While recuper-
ating, she worked as a part-
time secretary at the
Vanguard Theatre, now the
Gem.
"I was ready to leave
Detroit again when they
were putting together the
Hilberry Theatre," she rem-
inisced. "I made the first
company."
That was in 1963, the
year she fell in love with a
psychologist, turning her
priorities to marriage and
family. Several years after
her husband died in 1973,
she opened a gift and
smoke shop in the
American Center Building
in Southfield, remaining in
business for nine years and
continuing to take dance
classes.
She resumed her theater
career in 1980 by trying out
for a production at the
Southfield Civic Theater,
which led to roles for the
Attic Theatre, Actors
Alliance and other
Michigan companies.
When Evelyn Orbach got
the idea for JET, she asked
Ms. Hermelin-Weinberg to
help get it off the ground,
and the two went to the
national Jewish Theatre in
Skokie, Ill., to get some

direction.
"It took us a couple of
years," reported the versa-
tile entertainer, who also
asked her brother, David
Hermelin, to advise them
about using the information
obtained in Illinois in the
Jewish community here.
After appearing in JET's
first production, Ms. Her-
melin-Weinberg also
became committed to its
program of staged readings,
extending her talents to a
similar program sponsored
by the Jewish Community
Center's Institute for
Retired Professionals.

She has been
performing
since age 3.
Her mother
loved music,
and her father
loved the
theater.

Is it more difficult for her
to appear on stage in her
home state where so many
people know her through
both her work and special
activities such as the
Women's Division of Jewish
Federation?
"If that's on my mind, I'm
not really performing," she
said.
Isn't It Romantic will be
at the West Bloomfield
Jewish Community Center
through Oct. 3. For infor-
mation, call 788-2900. [I]

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