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PAUL DEISS Paul was a 2004 recipient of Richmond Magazine's Theresa Pollak Award for Excellence in the Arts. An actor, writer, director, and musical director, Paul is a regular on the Swift Creek Mill Theatre stage. He writes, arranges and musically directs productions for Swift Creek Mill, Theatre IV and other companies throughout Richmond. A former elementary music teacher for Richmond County Public Schools in Virginia's Northern Neck, Paul has a BA in Music Education from James Madison University.

DEBORAH D. LYNCH has celebrated a quarter century of metro-Richmond musical theater performances. Dee recently appeared in To Whom It May Concern at St. John’s UCC, having also performed onstage for Swift Creek Mill Theater, TheatreVirginia, Theatre IV, Henrico Theater Company, Ft. Lee Playhouse, Richmond Neighborhood Players and Dogwood Dell. She earned a B.A. in Studies in the Arts from Stockton State College, continued her vocal training at VCU, and holds an M.A. in Transpersonal Studies from Atlantic University. Music direction credits include Barksdale Theatre’s Mame and Richmond Ensemble Theatre's Tomfoolery.

JASON MARKS earned his BFA in Music Theatre from Shenandoah Conservatory. Jason has performed with Barksdale Theatre (Guys & Dolls, Mame), Theatre IV (Beauty and the Beast, Seussical, The Magic Mrs. Piggle Wiggle), Riverside Dinner Theater (Man of LaMancha), & Swift Creek Mill Playhouse (Once Upon A Mattress, Urinetown, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Das Barbecu, Lucky Stiff, The Diary of Anne Frank, Two Bits), and been a guest artist for several SPARC summer mainstage musicals. Jason was the winner of the NBC12 Super Star vocal contest, Fynsworth Alley Record Company "Your Big Break" contest in New York City, and a 3-time NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing) award winner, in both classical and music theatre categories. He was a soloist with the Shenandoah Conservatory Choir and the Washington Chorus in Washington, DC, and was the winner of the 10th Annual Bach/Handel Festival in Winchester, VA in 2002.