Today, we're featuring library assistant extraordinaire, Jayne Butler, who works at the Kathleen Clay Edwards Family Branch of the Greensboro City Library. Yesterday, we were having technical difficulties with an online library account and Jayne took about an hour helping us get everything sorted out. She has to be the most patient person on earth. Jayne, originally from New Jersey, moved to North Carolina to attend North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NCAT). She graduated in 1998 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Professional Theatre (Acting). Among her many roles, she performed in the Lion King for the National Broadway Tour. Also, she performed in Florida in Walt Disney Resort's Festival of the Lion King. In 2022, she was invited by NCAT to be the featured lead in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.
Jayne, whose stage name is Jayne Trinette, sings, acts, dances, and does it all.* She is the kind of person who can have that booming stage presence and three octave voice, like she needed as Ma Rainey, yet she can be soft spoken and gentle when helping someone in the library. We asked Jayne how she developed so much patience and she said, "Rejection. In acting, you have to be patient and know your day will come." While COVID created a bump in the road, let's hope Jayne's next big role is around the corner, and that every librarian brings to the job Jayne's patience and enthusiasm.
Happy Wednesday!
*Follow Jayne on Instagram @ jaynesings
Terrific smile!
Posted by: William Kendall | Tuesday, August 29, 2023 at 08:14 PM