Annual Report 2011 - Greater Springfield Senior Services

Greg Hayden
The life of renaissance
man Greg Hayden
reads like a playbill.
In Act One, Greg attends the
Boston Conservatory of Music
and the American Musical and
Dramatic Academy in New York.
He studies voice, drama, makeup,
and set design during the day
and learns modern dance, jazz
and ballet in the evening. He
takes voice lessons from world renowned teacher Rose
Allen, whose students have included the likes of Bernadette
Peters and Katherine Hepburn.
Like other young hopefuls, Greg spends hours standing
in line to audition for Broadway
theatrical productions and lands
roles in Mame, Billy Budd, South Pacific,
and West Side Story. He walks the
runway as a model for Calvin Klein
and Nautica, and models for GQ
magazine. To earn extra money, he
takes photographs of aspiring models
for their portfolios and gets referrals
from top modeling agencies like
William Morris and Ford.
In Act Two, Greg returns home to
Old Saybrook, Connecticut, and joins
the family real estate business. He produces musicals for a
local theater and opens his own theater on the Connecticut
shoreline.
Greg’s passion for painting, drawing and sculpting begins
to take center stage in his life. He studies wax molding,
metal casting, sculpting, fresco technique and oils. His works
are exhibited at numerous New England galleries and he is
commissioned to create a life-size bronze for the Most Holy
Trinity Church in Maine. He eventually opens an art gallery
in Perkins Cove for area artists and his own creations.
“My inspiration and energy are drawn from the ocean,
the Maine pined woods, and the animal inhabitants of both
universes. The American Indian culture plays deeply and
spiritually in my creativity, being one of respect for the earth
and all its inhabitants, including Mankind.”
Act Three opens with Greg living in West Springfield, and
commuting to work in northern Connecticut. His mother’s
health begins to
fail and he assumes
the role of her
caregiver. Usually
strong and energetic,
he begins to
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