The Board of Directors of
Role Players Ensemble
VICTORIA BROOKS has been in
the beauty business for 30 years in Danville. In 1990 she opened
Victoria’s HAIR ON STAGE with space for a musical comedy in the middle
of the salon. Vicki wrote a musical comedy, auditioned singers/actors,
made tickets, made costumes and put on a show. Reel Blondes performed
two shows every Saturday night for 18 years. Burned out, the Brooks
sold the Danville Salon in 2003, giving up the show. June 2009 the
Brooks sold their Blackhawk Salon. Vicki is an Arts Commissioner
helping her Town of Danville that she loves so much
MARY CAMEZON (Secretary) is an educational consultant working with underperforming districts and schools to improve student achievement. She taught high school English and Social Science for 33 years and worked for an educational laboratory in a research project designed to bring schools and communities together in dialogues about student performance. A resident of Danville for 36 years, she is active in two educational societies and serves on the Eugene O’Neill Foundation honorary board.
WENDY COOPER (Treasurer) is a past president of the Eugene O’Neill Foundation, Tao House and a current member of their honorary board. She is a National Park Service docent, and the editor of the Eugene O’Neill Society newsletter. Video documentaries made by Wendy and husband Tony can be seen at the Museum of the San Ramon Valley, Forest Home Farms and The Eugene O’Neill National Historic Site.
GARY DEATLEY (President) is president of California Sun Dry Foods. He served as president of the Museum of the San Ramon Valley and Chair of the Restoration and Renovation Committee. He was on the first Town of Danville Historic Resource Commission and helped write the Town’s “Historic Resource Guide”. He volunteered on the “Facilities Oversight Committee” for SRVUDS and serves on the Eugene O’Neill Foundation board.
GAIL KAMERER has lived in Danville for the last thirty-six years. She was a stay-at-home mom for her two daughters, but about twenty five years were spent in a classroom. During her teaching years, drama was an important part of her curriculum. Every student who passed through her doors had some experience on the stage. Gail is really enjoying her experience with Role Players and the adult world of drama.
ROZ HIRSCH (Vice-President)
has lived in the Danville for 43 years. She taught for 20 years in the
San Ramon Valley. She served on the board of the Tri-Valley Community
Foundation, the Eugene O’Neill Foundation board, and the Danville
Library Foundation. Roz was president of the Museum of the San Ramon
Valley and Danville Area Chamber of Commerce. She currently serves on
the hospital governing board of the San Ramon Regional Medical Center.
DONNA LATHAM has been
enthralled with theatre forever. She’s an actor, a playwright, and a
writer. Her plays have gone up from New York to San Francisco, and
schools across the country have performed her play series Grappling
With Grammar. A lifelong Chicagoan, Donna recently landed in the Bay
Area and promises not to call the hills “mountains.”
FLORENCE MCAULEY, a longtime
resident of Danville, is a Past President and Honorary Board Member of
the Eugene O’Neill Foundation and current President of the Board of
Directors of the Museum of the San Ramon Valley and Walnut Creek Clay
Arts Guild. Florence was the first Chair of the Danville Arts Council
(forerunner of the Arts Commission.) In her spare time, Florence is an
avid potter.
