"...Heaven. What a Thought. A place with no tears and no pain. Sitting on God’s lap.
Sitting with the angels. Do you think they sing musical theatre up there? Probably
not. I’ll tell you one thing. With as many questions I have for HIM I am going to
have as
many thank yous. Thank GOD for you. And I will..."
From Gabriel, a play by Addison Glines
many thank yous. Thank GOD for you. And I will..."
From Gabriel, a play by Addison Glines
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Biography Addison Glines was a beautiful baby born to Cindee and Kevin Glines in Montclair, California on October 29, 1981. When he was almost two, his family moved to Northern California. Addy accepted Jesus Christ as his personal savior when he was four, and he continued to be a light for the Lord all of his life. At the age of eight, Addison announced that he wanted to be an actor, and cried when he learned that his family couldn’t move to Los Angeles to allow him to pursue this special dream. Addison’s early forays into the job market consisted of delivering newspapers and working on the grounds crew for his local Little League. His seven years as a catcher shaped a life-long love of baseball. The Glines family returned to Southern California when Addy was 13 years old. He became an accomplished drummer, and his band, Sour Punch, won the Battle of Bands in Yorba Linda in 1997. He was a gifted singer and could play almost any musical instrument. He graduated high school at age 16, having skipped kindergarten and 11th grade. Addison began his theatre studies at Fullerton College when he was only 15 years old. In 1997 he appeared as an ensemble member in The Great White Hope. He also played a larger role as Tom in For Whom The Southern Bell Tolls. In 1998 he appeared as Jenkins in How to Succeed in Business, He in The Loveliest Afternoon of the Year, Judge Hawthorne in The Crucible, and Marley in A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley. In January 1999 while working on a Playwrights Festival production of Wallenberg, he was diagnosed with Ewing’s Sarcoma, a rare bone cancer that afflicts one in 600,000 white adolescent males and began thirteen months of intensive chemotherapy and radiation at the Children’s Hospital of Orange, where he instantly became a very popular and heavily visited patient. During his illness he wrote prolifically and developed his first script, Gabriel during the Playwrights Festival. Addison’s return to the department in January 2000 was marked by exceptional intensity and award winning achievement. He won an American College Theatre Festival Irene Ryan acting nomination for the multiple roles he played in the Kentucky Cycle, chosen the Best College Production of 2000 by the O.C. Weekly. His accomplishments in the Directors Festival during the summer of 2000 are nearly legendary: he appeared as an actor in two Best of Fest selections: The Dumbwaiter and Women and Wallace, and his script of Gabriel was also selected for Best of Fest. All three projects involved many of his best friends, who all enjoyed Addison’s commitment to collaboration and excellence in theatre. In the Fall Addison played the role of Lysander as Bing Crosby in A Midsummer Nights Dream and the title role in Wallenberg. Twelve days before the opening of Wallenberg, Addison learned that his cancer had returned, and he resumed intense treatments at CHOC and eventually the City of Hope. Addison’s courage became the cover story for the OC Weekly in December 2000; Additionally, Addison’s foundation’s events and his life were chronicled by two writers from the Placentia Linda Times. He turned with a fury to playwriting and created two plays that performed in the Directors Festival of 2001, Don’t Change and Cowboys and Indians, which also received Best of Fest recognition. In the midst of his own illness, Glines’ passion for theatre and the arts took an exciting new direction in the summer of 2001 with the creation of the a.d.d.y... g. foundation. The moniker stands for “Addison’s Day Dreaming Yields Generosity.” The dream is to help children and their families pursue their dreams in the arts. All donated monies go directly to pediatric cancer patients interested in arts activities, including taking voice and music lessons, acting classes, art classes, attending professional shows, and purchasing musical instruments. In September over 60 of Addison’s friends and family created a variety show and silent auction entitled “No One Is Alone”, which successfully launched the foundation. Addison was involved in the design of every element of the show, which gave his friends one more opportunity to show him how much they loved him and saluted the values he always championed. Addison was an extremely popular and steadfast friend. His favorite place may have been New York City, but he made any place that we shared with him exceptionally special. He loved the Lord, life, the arts, his family and friends. Now we keep his memory and legacy alive with the a.d.d.y... g. foundation. |