I Will Wait - May 09 - May 11, 2019
The Veteran's Spouse Project
WHO'S WHO
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Amy Uptgraft
Amy Uptgraft has a BA in performance from Purdue University and spent several years in NYC as a working actor. She had the opportunity to act on stage at the Public Theatre in their renowned program, the Shakespeare Lab. She has performed in numerous productions throughout the country including Honey in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Miranda in The Tempest, Brooke in Noises Off, Susie in W;t, Kristine in A Chorus Line, Adam in The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), and Vladimir in an all-female production of Waiting for Godot. She has spent decades teaching and directing children's theatre in TX, NC, CO and AK. She has directed numerous children's productions including Holes, Charlotte's Web, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Winnie the Pooh. Amy has been a proud military spouse for almost 20 years and currently lives on Fort Benning, GA with her husband, LTC Jamie Uptgraft and their four children. I Will Wait is Amy's first play.
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Brad Beauchamp
Brad Beauchamp is an accomplished and award-winning actor and director. Some of Brad's favorite roles include Will Rogers in The Will Rogers Follies, Eugene in Biloxi Blues, Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Professor Harold Hill in The Music Man, Teach in American Buffalo and Moonface Martin in Anything Goes. Brad is currently directing for the University of St Francis' School of Creative Arts, such productions as Jesus Christ Superstar, The War of the Worlds, The Diary of Anne Frank, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Dead Man Walking, Sister Act and The Mountaintop.
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Colin Boyd
Colin Boyd is a lifelong student of music and the percussive arts. He performs and records with a wide variety of ensembles including jazz trios, rock bands, singer-songwriters, Chilean folk artists, chamber orchestras, avant-garde projects, and multimedia performances. Colin has had the honor of working with Phil Schurger's Sun Gate featuring world-renowned virtuoso Fareed Haque, the Tommy Saul Orchestra, the Hope Arthur Orchestra, the Mikautadze Dance Theatre, the Legendary Trainhoppers, Kelsicote, Metavari, and NBC's The Voice star Addison Agen, and others. Since 2016, Colin has taught as an adjunct professor at the University of St. Francis in Fort Wayne, IN. In 2018, Colin debuted his solo percussion art show at the Wunderkammer Gallery in Fort Wayne, IN. Colin would like to thank Amy Uptgraft, Gregory Stieber, and the entire cast, crew, and band for the opportunity to share the stories of I Will Wait here in Columbus, Georgia.
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