J. Gregory Sager(1946-2017)
- Actor
- Producer
J. Gregory Sager was born in Akron, Ohio, USA in 1946 to the late Rex and Evelyn Sager.
He graduated from Copley High School and Barrington College, and earned a Masters in Theater Arts from Kent State University. Sager was a puppeteer, writer, playwright, producer of videos for local organizations, and acted in local theater such as Shakespeare on the Terrace at Stan Hywet. His gentle humor infected everything he did.
While at Copley High, he met Dave Stone. Their mutual interest in puppetry led them to do puppet shows for children. Dave moved on to become a Summit County Sheriff's deputy and part-time puppeteer.
Sager stayed true to his art. He worked in children's programming at Channel 3, where he joked off-set with young weatherman Al Roker, and played second banana to Melinda Scott on "Mindy's Summer Camp". On her studio show, "Mindy, Popeye and Friends", Greg and his puppets were the friends. If you remember that show, he was "The Expert". He also acted and did technical work for the Magical Theater Company in Barberton, and the Illusion Factory with Bunny Balance.
In the 1990s, Sager and Lewis Jenkins formed Epiphany Productions and produced such classics as "Wild Thingdom", "Quest for the Holy Pail", and "Stupendous Person - Episode Three - The Blunder Years". In addition, Sager wrote and produced live performances for the Summit County Historical Society (and other historical societies) that drew much of their cast from an informal acting group called The Perkins Parlor Players.
A memorial service was held on Tuesday, 17 October 2017 at St. Luke's Church, Copley, Ohio, and laid to rest at Glendale Cemetery.
He graduated from Copley High School and Barrington College, and earned a Masters in Theater Arts from Kent State University. Sager was a puppeteer, writer, playwright, producer of videos for local organizations, and acted in local theater such as Shakespeare on the Terrace at Stan Hywet. His gentle humor infected everything he did.
While at Copley High, he met Dave Stone. Their mutual interest in puppetry led them to do puppet shows for children. Dave moved on to become a Summit County Sheriff's deputy and part-time puppeteer.
Sager stayed true to his art. He worked in children's programming at Channel 3, where he joked off-set with young weatherman Al Roker, and played second banana to Melinda Scott on "Mindy's Summer Camp". On her studio show, "Mindy, Popeye and Friends", Greg and his puppets were the friends. If you remember that show, he was "The Expert". He also acted and did technical work for the Magical Theater Company in Barberton, and the Illusion Factory with Bunny Balance.
In the 1990s, Sager and Lewis Jenkins formed Epiphany Productions and produced such classics as "Wild Thingdom", "Quest for the Holy Pail", and "Stupendous Person - Episode Three - The Blunder Years". In addition, Sager wrote and produced live performances for the Summit County Historical Society (and other historical societies) that drew much of their cast from an informal acting group called The Perkins Parlor Players.
A memorial service was held on Tuesday, 17 October 2017 at St. Luke's Church, Copley, Ohio, and laid to rest at Glendale Cemetery.