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Meet the cast of Children of Eden – Blair Varney

Live Arts Theatre is proud to present to our stage, Blair Varney, a fine young lady who has been acting for the last 10 years with various Metro Atlanta community Theaters. This includes working with Georgia Shakespeare, in a production of A Christmas Story. She is currently a rising sophomore at Chamblee Tucker Charter High School…. Read more »

Meet the cast of Children of Eden – Micheal Parker

Micheal Parker is the theatre teacher at Sutton Middle School in Atlanta GA. He has a degree in music composition and voice from Shenandoah University. He is a founding member of Live Arts Theatre and he is entering his sixth season with the Atlanta Symphony Chorus. Micheal has been singing since about the age of… Read more »

Meet the cast of Children of Eden – John King

John King graduated from Piedmont College with a degree in Theatre Education. He is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Curriculum and instruction through Georgia Southern. John has been performing since High School. He has directed, designed, and written for the stage as well as trained students to compete in HS level Theatre competitions. John King… Read more »

Meet the cast of Children of Eden – Shani Hawes

Shani Hawes has been doing theatre in the Metro Atlanta area for the past 4 years and loving every minute of it.  It started out with her going to an audition with a friend who was scared so they both auditioned.  They both ended up in the show.  After that, the acting bug had bit her… Read more »

More fun facts about Children of Eden

If you enjoyed reading our little tidbits about our upcoming show, Children of Eden, you will surely enjoy these fun facts, some of which are more specific to the Live Arts production.  Enjoy! Read fun-facts 1-5 here  6. Live Arts Theatre will be performing Children of Eden in three different churches for it’s three-week run…. Read more »

Meet the director of Children of Eden – Scott Piehler

Live Arts Theatre is delighted to have Scott Piehler in the director’s seat again. Scott is an award winning broadcaster, an ex-High School Drama director, and a long time at-home Dad. His theatre background goes back to high school where he graduated from The New Hampton School with the school’s top theatre award, the Frederick Smith award. Children… Read more »

Meet the crew of Children of Eden – Andrea Hermitt

Andrea Hermitt has a BA in Fine Arts from the State University of NY at Albany.  She also has a paralegal degree. Her work background has been a mix of Real-estate and design and writing about real-estate, design, and education.  Andrea is especially drawn to applied art. She prefers making beautiful things you can use or wear… Read more »

Meet the cast of Children of Eden – James H. Burke

When he’s not on the stage, James H. Burke is a sales engineer for a local software company.  Previously, he worked in data centers as an operator, an engineer, an architect, and as a manager. As James tells it, “This dovetails from my work experience. I used to work, no kidding, 90 hours per week and… Read more »

Meet the cast of Children of Eden – Bethany Bing

Bethany Bing graduated from Covenant College with a B.A. in Theatre this past May, where she worked for the Covenant theatre department mostly as stage manager and props mistress. She has interned/volunteered at the Alliance Theatre, MasterWorks Festival, Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre, and the Chattanooga Theatre Centre. Bethany has recently performed in Moreau (based on the novel by… Read more »

Meet the cast of The Hot L Baltimore – Lee Jones

Live Arts Theatre is proud to welcome Lee Jones to our stage as Mr. Morse in The Hot L Baltimore. He has an M.A. in English from UGA and is currently pursuing a PhD in English, specializing in modern American Drama at GSU. He also teaches English and Humanities for Perimeter College online GSU. Lee… Read more »