{"id":9,"date":"2014-09-07T17:23:25","date_gmt":"2014-09-07T17:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jeanmccormick.com\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2025-05-07T07:07:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T07:07:11","slug":"coming-soonrecent-fun","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/jeanmccormick.com\/?page_id=9","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s Happening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Current<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jean is currently working with her writing partner Loren Van Brenk on their latest outing for Royal Caribbean, a brand new production show titled: CREATE!<\/p>\n<p><strong>2024<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jean was able to cross another dream role off her list &#8211; Dorothy Brock in <em>42nd St<\/em>! This terrific production had her back at the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina working again with the fabulous David Grindrod as director.<\/p>\n<p>Jean had a successful run as Mrs. Teavee in <em>Charlie and the Chocolate Factory<\/em> at the Arrow Rock Lyceum. She stayed on at the theater to fulfill a bucket list role &#8211;\u00a0 playing Dottie\/Mrs. Clackett in <em>Noises Off!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Jean went down to Florida to film a role for the new Royal Caribbean show &#8211; <em>The <\/em><em>Effectors 3: Origins<\/em> that she has created with her writing partner Loren Van Brenk and On The Brenk Productions!<\/p>\n<p><strong>2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jean was thrilled to appear as Louise in Irving Berlin&#8217;s <em>Holiday Inn<\/em> at the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina! This was a bucket list show, and she very happily shook the blues away to finish out 2023!<\/p>\n<p>Jean was back home and hard at work on her latest show for Royal Caribbean &#8211; <em>The Effectors 3 &#8211; Origins,<\/em> with writing partner Loren Van Brenk.<\/p>\n<p>Jean returned to the Arrow Rock Lyceum this summer to play Melissa Frake in a fabulous production of <em>State Fair<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p>Jean was at North Shore Music Theatre playing Genie Klein in <em>Beautiful &#8211; The Carole King Musical<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsmt.org\/\">https:\/\/www.nsmt.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jean spent the holidays, once again, up at Geva Theatre for <em>A Christmas Carol<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p>Jean hung up her habit again, in beautiful Woodstock, VT appearing as the Mother Superior &#8211; Sister Mary Regina, in <em>Nunsense<\/em> at the Artistree Music Theatre Festival.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/artistreevt.org\/showsevents\/\">https:\/\/artistreevt.org\/showsevents\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jean returned from Geva Theatre in Rochester, NY and another successful run as Sister Mary Lazarus in <em>Sister Act<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gevatheatre.org\/event\/sister-act-80\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Geva Theatre&#8217;s Sister Act!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jean was back at The Arrow Rock Lyceum and playing Mrs. Gibbs in the classic play, <em>Our Town<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lyceumtheatre.org\/occasion\/thornton-wilders-our-town\/\">Arrow Rock Lyceum<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jean was able to return this year to Geva Theatre to bring back their traditional production of A Christmas Carol where she has the joy of playing Mrs. Cratchit, Mrs. Fezziwig and Mrs. Dilber.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gevatheatre.org\">http:\/\/www.gevatheatre.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jean was beyond thrilled to make her return to live theater at one of her favorite theaters The Arrow Rock Lyceum! Jean played Sister Mary Lazarus in <em>Sister Act<\/em> and then moved right into the role of Helen Hubbard in <em>Murder On The Orient Express<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lyceumtheatre.org\/\">https:\/\/lyceumtheatre.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jean was able to make a long time dream come true and has recorded some of her favorite songs on her albumette <em>Have Your Cake And Swing It Too!<\/em> This mini album includes some swing, rockabilly and old time gems recorded by top flight musicians and mixed by one of the best engineers in the business &#8211; Andy Duncan. The entire venture was a quarantine project made possible by the executive producer and band\/vocal arranger, Loren Van Brenk of On The Brenk Productions. Available for purchase on Amazon and Itunes. Be sure to get yourself a piece of cake!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/album\/have-your-cake-and-swing-it-too-ep\/1594287027\">Be sure to get yourself a piece of cake by clicking here!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jeanmccormick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-418\" src=\"http:\/\/jeanmccormick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cover-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jeanmccormick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cover-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/jeanmccormick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cover-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/jeanmccormick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cover-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/jeanmccormick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cover-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jeanmccormick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-24-at-5.44.20-PM.png\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-424\" src=\"http:\/\/jeanmccormick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-24-at-5.44.20-PM-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jeanmccormick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-24-at-5.44.20-PM-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/jeanmccormick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-24-at-5.44.20-PM-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/jeanmccormick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-24-at-5.44.20-PM.png 730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jeanmccormick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Back-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-420\" src=\"http:\/\/jeanmccormick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Back-2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jeanmccormick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Back-2-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/jeanmccormick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Back-2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/jeanmccormick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Back-2-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/jeanmccormick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Back-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Most of 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jean was social distancing with the rest of the world, and keeping herself busy by baking (with the rest of the world), and making music with her husband on Youtube.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCgkRmASfHDVNzVwscQSdCsA\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to check it out!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>She also took part in the Geva Theater Happiness Hour! Tune in for backstage stories from <em>A Christmas Carol<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Backstage Stories: A Christmas Carol\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mYqsXnH7638?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jean booked and shot her first Co-Star on the new show <em>Monsterland<\/em> &#8211; Now on Hulu!<\/p>\n<p>Jean was also back up at Geva Theatre in Rochester for another season of <em>A Christmas Carol<\/em>, playing Mrs. Cratchit, Mrs. Fezziwig and Mrs. Dilber.<\/p>\n<p>Jean and her writing partner, Loren Van Brenk, put together their 5th show for the ships of Royal Caribbean &#8211; <em>Touch the Sky<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Jean spent the summer at the Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre in historic Arrow Rock, Missouri! Performing in <em>Cinderella<\/em>, <em>All Shook Up<\/em> and <em>9 to 5.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lyceumtheatre.org\">http:\/\/www.lyceumtheatre.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jean played the role of Joan Quigley in a reading of the new play <em>Joan and Nancy<\/em> &#8211; about the relationship between Nancy Reagan and her astrologer, which took place at The Barrow Group.<\/p>\n<p>Jean performed another solo show at The Community Club of Garden City and Hempstead &#8211; A Century of Song &#8211; to celebrate the clubs 100th anniversary. As well as more gigs with The Switch!<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a02018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Holiday time meant another stint for Jean at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gevatheatre.org\">www.gevatheatre.org<\/a>\u00a0in <em>A Christmas Carol<\/em>, playing Mrs. Cratchit, Mrs. Fezziwig and Mrs. Dilber!<\/p>\n<p>Jean returned from a successful run as Kate in\u00a0<em>Sylvia<\/em> at New London Barn Playhouse in beautiful New Hampshire. It was a quick rehearsal process and even quicker run, but, full of lovely people, including great audiences!\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nlbarn.org\">http:\/\/www.nlbarn.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>She was also recently on board the newest Royal Caribbean ship, Symphony of the Seas, in order to attend the opening of her latest effort for the company, <em>Flight<\/em> &#8211; co-written with her creative partner, Loren Van Brenk and On The Brenk Productions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Current Jean is currently working with her writing partner Loren Van Brenk on their latest outing for Royal Caribbean, a brand new production show titled: CREATE! 2024 Jean was able to cross another dream role off her list &#8211; Dorothy Brock in 42nd St! 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