Jack Weld plays Edwin Bates in ‘Whatever Happened to Baby Jane: A Parody of the Horror
Opening June 16 at the Laboratory Theater of Florida is John Guzman’s Whatever Happened to Baby Jane: A Parody of the Horror. The spoof seems on track to develop its own cult following in much the same way as Rocky Horror or Evil Dead. Jack Weld plays the part of Edwin Bates.
Lab Theater audiences last saw Weld in last season’s opener, 
The Best Man, where he played the part of Senator Joe Cantwell’s campaign manager, Don Blades. Weld’s other roles at The Lab include Stage Kiss, The Diary of Anne Frank (Mr. van Daan), Kit Kat boy Viktor in the 2015 smash hit Cabaret, Glengarry Glen Ross, In the Next Room, The Laramie Project and Romeo & Juliet. Local audiences also saw him in Young Frankenstein with the Naples Players. He has also appeared in the chorus of La Boheme with Opera Naples and Les Miserables, The Producers and several other musicals with The Naples Players.
May 30, 2017.
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Tom Hall is both an amateur artist and aspiring novelist who writes art quest thrillers. He is in the final stages of completing his debut novel titled "Art Detective," a story that fictionalizes the discovery of the fabled billion-dollar Impressionist collection of Parisian art dealer Josse Bernheim-Jeune, thought by many to have perished during World War II when the collection's hiding place, Castle de Rastignac in southern France, was destroyed by the Wehrmacht in reprisal for attacks made by members of the Resistance operating in the area. A former tax attorney, Tom holds a bachelor's degree as well as both a juris doctorate and masters of laws in taxation from the University of Florida. Tom lives in Estero, Florida with his fiancee, Connie, and their four cats.