My name is Ken Regez.  I’ve been performing since I was a child and grew up with a love for history and the performing arts.

 

After spending 26 years as a radio talk show host I “retired” to do what I really enjoy:  entertaining in front of a live audience.  I have been performing in live theatre, and  I have also been presenting programs of Tin Pan Alley and programs of vintage films.   Meeting the audience face to face in churches, schools, clubs and retirement homes is an amazing experience.  We have lots of fun!

I have appeared at The Armory Dinner Theatre as Jim Haller in “All Shook Up," and as Mr. Mushnik in “Little Shop of Horrors” where I got to be eaten by a plant every night.  What a great job!  I also appeared as President Roosevelt in Jim Tropp's terrific production of "Annie" at the Edgerton Performing Arts Center.

  

In 2008 I launched Silver Showcase at Cedar Crest Retirement Center with a program of American songs from the turn of the 20th Century.  I also presented programs of silent films and WWII films for the Sterling North Book and Film Festival.  And on election day I had the privilege of presenting a program of WWII films for the Society for Learning Unlimited, an outreach program of Beloit College.

In December of 2008 I was the Story Teller in “A Christmas Story,” the premiere production of  Wisconsin Theatre Works.  In March of this year I was again privileged to be part of the great cast of "Midlife: The Crisis Musical" for Wisconsin Theatre Works.  And in May I was "Harvey" in "Breaking Up is Hard to Do," a great new musical celebrating the music of Neil Sedaka, also to be produced at Wisconsin Theatre works.