CLAUDE OFFENBACHER (Pop Williams) performed at The Shedd as Welch in a 2019 Shedd production of Damn Yankees and in 2018 as Arvide in Guys And Dolls. He’s appeared on theatrical stages since age ten, when he was member of a French acting company in New York. Claude originated the role of Oregon Senator Wayne Morse in Charles Deemer’s An American Gadfly (presented in several Oregon venues).He has directed or been featured in a dozen plays at the Very Little Theatre, where he’s a Life Member. He’s also performed at the Cottage Theatre. A retired school superintendent and KLCC reporter and news host, Claude has been married 54 years to the love of his life, Hanna. Together they’ve been blessed with sons Andrew and Matthew, and grandson Misha.