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 Danette
D’Anjou (I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change,
February 2008) is delighted to be making her debut with DFT and
also returning to musicals since she hasn't done one since high
school in Mesa at Westwood. Danette grew up in AZ but ran away to
Hollywood for a few years to study at the American Musical Dramatic
Academy. She returned to AZ because she missed her family, the
Shoemakers. 'I'd like to thank my mom for always singing, my dad for
saying I sounded like her, my sister for being her and my Hero.”
 Ashleigh
Hunt (I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change,
February 2008) is very excited to be returning to DFT for the first
time since she did Tom Foolery 7 years ago. Since then she
has appeared as Philia in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to
the Forum (CDT), Nurse Flinn in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's
Nest (FHT), Catherine in The Foreigner (SCP),
Susan/Barbara in No Sex Please We're British (CDT), Lady
Larkin in Once Upon a Mattress (FHT), and earned an ariZoni
nomination for her role as Poppy in Noises Off (CDT). When
not performing and turning tricks onstage, Ashleigh works at Westcor
and will be pursuing her Masters in Counseling this coming May.
"Lots of love to my family for all their support. Hope you enjoy the
show!"
 Ben
Medina (I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change,
February 2008) studied at the Katherine J. Herberger College of Fine
Arts at ASU. He has worked professionally in theatres across the
nation since 1998, as well as having performed in numerous choirs
and vocal ensembles. Aside from performing, he has worked as a
Creative Drama and Improvisation teacher for Arizona Broadway
Theatre’s Academy for Young Performers, Mesa Youtheatre, Camp
Broadway NYC and with the world-renowned Missoula Children’s
Theatre. Favorite credits include Grease (Sonny – Arizona
Broadway Theatre); A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum
(Protean – ABT); La Cage Aux Folles (Francis/ Zaza U/S -
ABT); HMS Pinafore (Boatswain – ABT); Damn Yankees (Ball
Player – ABT); Miss Saigon (Thuy U/S - Prather Regional
Tour); Disney's Aladdin Jr. (Prince Baba of Ganoush / Guard 2
- Prather Regional Tour); The Unsinkable Molly Brown
(Monsignor Ryan - Jackson Hole Playhouse); Paint Your Wagon
(Hop Sing – Jackson Hole Playhouse); I Love You, You’re Perfect,
Now Change (Man 1 - Actors Café at Desert Stages); and How To
Succeed In Business Without Really Trying (Toynbee - Phoenix
Theatre).
 Michael
Stewart (I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change,
February 2008) is pleased to be returning to Desert Foothills
Theatre after having last been seen a few years ago in Into the
Woods. He has also been seen in the Desert Foothills Theatre's
productions of Simply Sammy, an original tribute show, and
Guys & Dolls, for which he won the Foothills Theatre Best Supporting
Actor award for his portrayal of "Benny Southstreet”. Other notable
productions in the valley: Fiddler on the Roof for the
Arizona Jewish Theatre Company; Jekyll & Hyde, Godspell,
and Man of La Mancha for Fountain Hills Community Theatre;
Cabaret and Broadway Jukebox for Copperstate Dinner
Theatre; and Damn Yankees and Over the River and Through
the Woods for Mountain Shadows Theatre. He is a native of
Dayton, Ohio, having performed in numerous award-winning productions
before packing up for the Wild Wild West back in 2000. He would like
to thank his family for their continued support and a special thanks
to Sara and Ashleigh for getting him into this great production – “I
love you, you’re perfect, and don’t you dare change.”
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Winter/Spring 2008
Danette D'Anjou
Ashleigh Hunt
Ben Medina
Michael Stewart
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