Long Island is full of older actors regularly performing in community theater. There are challenges remembering lines, for example but many say the camaraderie and opportunity to try something new at a later stage in life far outweigh any downside.
This week s Theater Talk (01/29/2021) extended version
Jeanne Cairns as the nun Sister Clarissa terrorizes 12-year-old Rudy Pazinski in Tom Dudzik s OVER THE TAVERN.
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As reported in Anthony s blog, theatertalkbuffalo.com, the daughters of Jeanne Hebborn Cairns report that the actor, surely a Grand Dame of Buffalo Theater, has died after enduring dementia for many years. No funeral or service are planned at this time.
Winner of the Artie for Career Achievement Award in 2002, Jeanne was honored during Curtain Up! week in September, 2019 with induction into the Theatre District Association s Plaza of Stars. She now has a star in the Plaza of the Stars (which can be seen on the median where Tupper Street crosses Main Street in front of Shea s 710 Theatre, also known as the old Studio Arena Theater ).