Doesn't matter years ago, in the land of cheese, chocolates, and cuckoo clocks, a little Jewish baby was born. But alas, he was not raised to ski, blow on the alphorn, or to eat Fleishchaas once a week. His childhood found him in apartheid era South Africa, unfortunately ignorant to the happenings around him. Life included wearing uniforms to school, birthday parties, and trips to national game reserves to see springbok, giraffes, and wildebeest. But his adventures did not stop there. In the early nineties you could find him in the holy land wearing gas masks, eating falaffel, and floating in the Dead Sea. High school found him both in Wisconsin and Staten Island, New York. Nowadays, Omri resides in Washington Heights, listening to flop musical showtunes, cooking varieties of food, and writing musicals and murder mysteries.Recently, Omri received flattering reviews in Jim Wann's (Pump Boys and Dinettes) and Patricia Miller's new musical The People Vs. Mona (which he later recorded with JAY RECORDS with Marc Kudisch, Lillias White, Christiane Noll, Ron Raines, Natalie Toro and Marcie Henderson), did a soft shoe routine in sewer boots several sizes too big on him, in one of his favorite musicals, Dear World, ran a night club in hell- Hell's Belles, pitched a musical version of the history of the world- The Big Bang, gained his freedom in A Funny Thing..., used his "magic foot", and toured Germany with Grease as both Eugene and Roger. Omri specializes in comic character roles and silly voices, but occasionally can be seen in a role requiring depth and vulnerabilty. Omri also has an MFA in Musical Theatre from San Diego State University. Feel free to contact him as he enjoys receiving e-mails. He remains little and Jewish to this day.To hear demos from one of his musicals click here: BED FELLAS.
CONTACT OMRI: omrischein@yahoo.com
