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Moraga native Renee DeWeese will be playing "Gladys" in the 42nd Street Moon's production of "The Pajama Game" - one of the loveliest (and rarely-performed) Tony Award-winning "Best Musicals" of Broadway's Golden Age.

DeWeese grew up in Moraga and attended Donald Rheem Elementary, Joaquin Moraga Intermediate and Campolindo High schools. She went on to study musical theater at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts where she received her BFA in Drama (CAP21 Studio). DeWeese has been teaching, directing, choreographing and running children's theater programs throughout the Bay Area since 2004, and has performed professionally in the Bay Area with CCMT, DTC, Woodminster, and American Musical Theatre of San Jose. She received her second Shellie award for choreography for CCMT's "Oklahoma!" and a 2010 Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award for best supporting actress in a musical for her portrayal of Cassie in "A Chorus Line."

"The Pajama Game" will run from April 15 to May 3 at San Francisco's Gateway Theatre. For ticket information, visit www.42ndstmoon.org or by call (415) 255-8207.

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