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| SUNRAYS
OCTOBER 2013
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G
ot your attention, did I? Nope,
this is not an article about the
Italian Club. Nor is it about a
new flavor at Ben and Jerry’s. This ar-
ticle is about Sherry Adamo-Pratt.
Sherry is a bundle of art and energy in
motion. If I were to start listing her ac-
complishments and interests, it would
probably require a book about the size
of the Sun City Texas Resource Guide
& Directory. Her artwork can be seen
around Georgetown and Sun City, often
in exhibits in the Activities Center.
Most recently, Sherry directed the Actor
& Theatre Arts Guild’s production of
Inherit the Wind
(to wonderful reviews, I
should add). On the day of our interview,
the play’s desk clerk was asking Sherry
for advice on how to play a character in
the next play. As usual, Sherry gave of
herself, was encouraging, and suggested
the actress “have confidence in yourself
because you know what you’re doing.”
I asked her what she was most proud of
accomplishing. She said her marriage of
35 years, which survived an industry that
can make relationships difficult. She said
she loves her husband, Dennis, very much.
She was born Sharon Belle Adamo
on September 12, and is a mixture of
American/ Italian/French/Irish/English/
Dutch/Scottish and Native American
(Cherokee).
Her hometown is Rochester, New York,
where she studied interpretative dance
at age 13. Her father, Sam Adamo, was
an actor of radio and stage, and danced
with her uncle, Joe, inManhattan. Their
act was called “Spaghetti Legs” because
they were Italian and skinny, of course.
Sherry’s parents saw her potential and
steered her into school and church plays,
community theatre, and The Pasadena
Playhouse’s College of Theatre Arts.
Her love of acting eventually led her to
The Big Apple, then Hollywood, where
she had roles in TV shows like
Simon
and Simon
, films such as
Mistress
and
American Justice
, commercials, voice-
over work and numerous plays. As with
most actors and actresses, she bartend-
ed, taught art and acting classes, was a
fitness instructor, massage therapist,
ran her own Art Gallery…and drove in
demolition derbies where she was known
as Scary Sherry. (OK, I made that up
about the demolition derbies―suffice it
to say she had a wide variety of jobs).
I asked her what she’d like to do next
in her life. She said she’d investigate
the possibilities. A one-woman show?
Perhaps. Simplifying her life? Perhaps.
I know this, it is an honor to know
Sherry and she is an asset to Sun City
Texas and humanity, as well.
So why “Spaghetti and Apple Pie?” I
was just getting there―it’s the title of
an award-winning play her father wrote
in which they performed together. Gives
me an appetite to see it. I can just smell
that pie.
Spaghetti
and
Apple Pie
By Mike Gullickson
Sherry Adamo-Pratt stands between her two circular art pieces, “She Sees All” and “BlueMoon,” whichwere showcasedwith theworks of
other members of the Visual Arts Club in the Activities Center inAugust. She holds another piece inspired by her Native American heritage.
PHOTO BY MAGGI JONES
