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he\/him<\/em><\/p>\n Direction, Acting<\/strong><\/p>\n Jay is no stranger to the stage, having performed in dozens of shows in the Grand Rapids community. Recent GRCT shows include: Mary Poppins (Mr Banks), Shakespeare in Love (Henslowe), Newsies (Pulitzer), and Calendar Girls (Rod). Other favorite credits include The Crucible (Proctor) and Rumors (Lenny) with Shadblow Theatre, and Much Ado About Nothing (Don Pedro) with Heritage Theatre. Jay is a director of theatre at Grandville High School, and has directed or assistant directed shows there for 15 years (and counting!) He had the honor of directing Jacqueline and Walter, the 10 minute youth category piece from GRCT\u2019s first ever Ten For All in 2021.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n What inspires you?<\/strong><\/p>\n Humans inspire me. The fact that in spite of everything, we choose to live, is inspiring. Stories are made this way.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n Who is your favorite fictional character?<\/strong><\/p>\n Don\u2019t make me choose between Star Wars and Star Trek! So I\u2019ll say: Obi-Wan Kenobi and Lt. Commander Data. Honorable mention to Marvin the Paranoid Android.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n What was your favorite after-school snack?<\/strong><\/p>\n Toast with peanut butter, cut into triangles.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_button button_url=”https:\/\/www.grct.org\/classes\/teaching-artists\/” button_text=”Back to Teaching Artists” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_button=”on” button_icon=”8||divi||400″ button_icon_placement=”left” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" JAY FISCHER he\/him Direction, Acting Jay is no stranger to the stage, having performed in dozens of shows in the Grand Rapids community. Recent GRCT shows include: Mary Poppins (Mr Banks), Shakespeare in Love (Henslowe), Newsies (Pulitzer), and Calendar Girls (Rod). Other favorite credits include The Crucible (Proctor) and Rumors (Lenny) with Shadblow Theatre, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":3561,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3874","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grct.org\/classes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grct.org\/classes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grct.org\/classes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grct.org\/classes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grct.org\/classes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3874"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.grct.org\/classes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3877,"href":"https:\/\/www.grct.org\/classes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3874\/revisions\/3877"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grct.org\/classes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grct.org\/classes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}