Jay Spencer (Organist) is house organist at the Canton Palace Theatre, playing the Kilgen Wonder Organ. Originally installed when the theater opened in 1926, it is the only Kilgen Theatre organ remaining in its original home. He has performed in concert and accompanying silent film in Northeast Ohio, and Pennsylvania, including the Mansfield Renaissance Theatre Mighty Wurlitzer, Pittsburgh’s Keystone Oaks High School Wurlitzer, the Cleveland Palace Kimball Theatre organ. Mr. Spencer is no stranger to Northern Ohio stages, directing and starring in productions for over twenty years. He is a veteran of American Musical Productions, having appeared as The Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz and the title role in The Sultan of Sulu, as well as lead comedian in Madame Sherry,The Prince of Pilsen, Rio Rita, The Student Prince, TheRose of Algeria, and The Only Girl. Mr. Spencer recently stage directed the one-hundredth anniversary production of Rodgers and Hart’s music Dearest Enemy at Akron's Goodyear Theatre.