Biography of Grames Jeen!


Grames Jeen sounds a little like James Dean! They have something in common. They are both actors! In October of 2010, Grames Jeen acted in a play called "William Shakespeare's Land of the Dead", a true and accurate account of the 1599 zombie plaque. The play was located at the historic Brooks Theater of the Cleveland Play House, as a fund raiser to benefit the Cleveland Shakespeare Festival. Grames was 6th in the billing, as "John Sinklo", and appeared as the first zombie in the play.

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John Sinklo, played by Grames Jeen, is the only zombie standing in this scene from the play.

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Grames Jeen, after the play on 10/31/10. The cuts on his face will heal! (method acting)

Grames Jeen can be found at MANY Circa Paleo shows, especially at the Great Lakes Medieval Faire at Geneva Ohio and the Michigan Renaissance Festival at Holly Michigan. Though he is normally a spectator, he can get willingly called in to the band at times with a tambourine, drums, or rainstick!

Vervalsing Grames Jeen, at the drums (far right) with Circa Paleo at the Great Lakes Medival Faire in August of 2010.
(early practice for Vervalsing!)

Grames Jeen is, of course, also a member of the ekaf band Vervalsing! He will continue to help with production, creation, and performance for Vervalsing's "unique" sound! Grames is one fourth Dutch so it is appropriate that his band name, Vervalsing, is extracted from the Dutch language. Rumor has it that Grames has a real job too but we won't reveal that to keep the media away from his place of work.

What does the future hold for Grames Jeen? We're keeping that mostly a secret to keep some mysteries alive (plus we might not know). But, rest assured, Grames will continue to be a welcome addition to any group of people!


That's the end of this Bio for now!
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