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Benita Scheckel
born in San Gabriel, CA in 1966 is an actress and singer currently residing in Pasadena, CA with her family. Her most notable television appearances were on Close to Home CBS http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0542943/ and Miracles ABC http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0648890/. She tours with the acclaimed Gilbert and Sullivan reperatory company, Opera a la Carte. She is currently collaborating on a new musical based on the classic tale, Anne of Green Gables. She is affiliated with Southland Opera, an educational outreach organization based in Glendora, CA. Benita does philanthropic work with The Shakespeare League of Pasadena, http://www.shakespeareclub.org/ producing musical theatre to raise money for charities such as The Wellness Community Foothills and Villa Esperanza, a treatment facility for developmentally disabled adults. Benita is also involved in the American Field Service at Polytechnic School in Pasadena.