CAST BIOS

Tom Acord (The Professor)
Tom Acord earned his B.M. degree fromTexas Technical University and his M.M. and D.M.A. degrees from The University of Texas, Austin. He has performed major roles with the Portland Opera, Festival Opera, Sao Paulo Opera (Brazil), and San Francisco Spring Opera. His symphony appearances include San Jose, Boise, Phoenix, Dallas, San Antonio, Oakland, and Marin. Throughout his career, Tom has produced, conducted, directed and designed operas on the national scene as well as in university opera workshops. In sacred literature, Dr. Acord has performed the tenor solos in all of the major oratorios and sacred works.

 

Eric Vejby (Bob)
A born extrovert, Eric started his acting career in high school productions of Stalag 13 (Reed) and The Desk Set, and he was awarded both the Bank of America Drama Scholarship and the prestigious title of Hayward High “Class Clown” in 1983. In college, Eric earned awards for improvisation, dramatic interpretation, and performed in garage bands including Chalky Greenboard and the Eraserheads and The Popsimilies. Today, Eric works as a senior marcom professional, bringing more than 20 years of experience to high technology marketing, including corporate and industrial video production. He is currently Web Marketing Manager at JDSU in Milpitas, CA.

 

Deborah Jean Welsh (Doris)
An award-winning producer, Deborah Jean Welsh has a vast array of experience and accomplishments from corporate communications and commercials to television programming and narrative feature films. Ms. Welsh’s producer and hosting credits include innovative musical talk shows for the Oasis and Wisdom satellite networks. Recently, she served as Director of Outreach and Development for the feature length documentary, MINE: Taken by Katrina, focusing on the fate of the animals of the gulf coast. Her current project as producer, director and writer is the award winning documentary Just Sign Here, exposing the worst fraud, betrayal, and loss in modern U.S. History. The song from the film, Whatever Happened to the American Dream, HD music video produced by Ms. Welsh, can be seen on You Tube.