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Jude was born in Dayton, Ohio in 1975. His mother was close friends with a punk rock band called the Dates. Jude performed on stage with them as a 4 yr. old child. Raised in mostly African American school systems, Jude was an avid conscious Hip Hop fan during the golden era of hip hop in the '80s. All the while acting in high school National Forensic League duet acting competitions and high school plays. A varsity soccer player, Jude graduated half way through his senior year as Homecoming King, and Class Clown in 1992. In the Fall of '92 Jude entered the Liberal Progressive Liberal Arts Private College Antioch in Yellow Springs Ohio. His first internship in '94 at the age of eighteen was at the Off Broadway Theater Company Theater for a New Audience. Jude was paid as a professional actor to act with other professional actors student written plays throughout Public High Schools in New York City. Jude read his poetry numerous times at the Nuyerican Poetry Cafe www.nuyurican.org Jude performed an original poetry piece in an ensemble peace play that travelled to the Maltese Islands as the main cultural event of the International Peace Research Association's anual conference in 1994. www.ipra-peace.com Fast forward six years after doing community theater and performing songs and hip hop sets at open mics, Jude moved to Los Angles in 2000 to pursue his dream in the arts. Within a week, Jude was cast in an Eve video and then an Eminem video. Jude was featured in the Making of the Real Slim Shady MTV production shown meeting Em his been told however has yet to see the show himself. For the last four years Jude went back to college to follow up his BA from '97 with a Post Bac in Professional Teachers Licensure program in Language Arts Education Middle and High School level inner city Dayton Public Schools. Most recently jude finished a course in professinal student development theory. www.centralstate.edu Jude moved to Burlington from Ohio a couple of months ago. www.judedemers.com |
| Date: | Sunday, July 15, 2012 |
| Time: | 11:30pm-12:30am |