50 | MARCH 2 • 2023 

Growing up in 
Farmington Hills, Weiner 
and his brother, David, 
would walk to Hillel 
Day School, where 
they attended since 
kindergarten, and went on 
to graduate from Harrison 
High School. 
“I wouldn’t say I was 
the class clown, but I was 
definitely mischievous,” 
laughs Weiner, who has 
been a teacher with Utica 
Community Schools for 
the past 27 years, mostly 
with third-graders.

With his full workload as 
a teacher, Weiner somehow 
manages to perform in 
three shows a year. The 
first show post-pandemic 
was in Don’t Drink the 
Water at Stagecrafters in 
Royal Oak.
“Now that was a funny 
story,” Weiner recalls. 
“Here I am, a Jewish man 
playing a Catholic priest 
in the show, and the actor 
who played the Jewish 
father in the play was 
actually a minister in real 
life.” 

Jeffrey Weiner 
of Royal Oak is 
on the job as the 
troublemaking 
Bellhop in Lend 
Me a Tenor.

DETAILS
Lend Me a Tenor runs March 10-26 at Birmingham 
Village Players, a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit community theater. 
Performances are at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 
at 2 p.m. Sunday matinees. Reserved tickets are $25. To 
order, call the box office at (248) 644-2075 or go to www.
birminghamvillageplayers.com. The Village Players have 
been entertaining the community from its location at 
34660 Woodward Ave. in Birmingham since 1926. 

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THEATER
Mazel Tov! 
to NEXTGen Detroit 
President 
Danielle DePriest

On being recognized in
Oakland County 
Executive’s 
Oakland Together
40 Under 40

Thank you for your extraordinary 
commitment and leadership to our 
Jewish community and beyond!

