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Judy Scribner has been in Naples since 1974 when “5th Avenue was nothing like it is now. It was all family-owned stores. We had banks, a pharmacy, and a telephone store. I think we had a parade too.’’ No stranger to theatre and performing, Judy joined the Charleston Opera Company in college where she “never had to sing

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Judy has been involved with TNP since the days that the company operated out of a small storefront in a strip mall on Davis Blvd. Her first production was in the early 1980’s when she debuted in South Pacific. Back then, the company performed at Gulfview Middle School. A few years later in the mid 1980’s, TNP renovated an old movie theater - The Kon Tiki - on Goodlette Road to turn it into a more traditional theater. After that, the orga-

It’s hard to imagine 5th Avenue South without all the glamorous bars, restaurants, boutiques, and 365 days of glitzy Christmas lights. It’s also hard to think back to The Naples Players (TNP) before their state of the art Sugden Theatre was built. Yet, most long term residents can tell you both had humble beginnings!

JUDY SCRIBNER

Judy Scribner in Always Bridesmaid

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“I’ve had so many experiences - I’ve seen cast members or technicians who have clearly run into a problem on stage and they just keep

nization raised the money to build the Sugden Community Theatre on 5th Avenue South.

As far as her experiences with TNP, Judy is amazed by “the display of loyalty that our audiences have for us.” During Always a Bridesmaid , the air conditioning went out and 99% of the audience stayed in the Tobye (theater) even though it became hot. Of course, the cast continued to perform.

“There was a big difference when they opened the theatre on 5th. In Goodlette Road (renovated movie theater), people who worked there did everything, there were no different departments.” In TNP’s new theatre, there were production, costume, and lighting departments - even administrative space. When Judy arrived at the Sugden Theatre, “we realized we were just the cast” and she joked, “I guess we better learn our lines!”

W hat the audience doesn’t get to see is the talent of those technicians; it’s really wonderful to see.

A person of many talents, Judy also works concessions. “I ushered briefly before I started working at the bar. Occasionally I help with ushering if needed. The group of people at the front of house all like each other and get alongwe know we have folks we can just laugh with.”

going. The tech people I’ve had the opportunity to be around are incredibly talented people. “

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The theatre has come a long way from its beginnings in the living room of Henry & Mary Watkins in the 1950’s. Judy points out that, “there are threads going through each transition. On Goodlette Road, the quality of the shows back then made people want to donate. Some of the people from the 50’s came to the Davis Blvd storefront. Then, some of us from Davis Blvd came to Sugden. There is a long history with threads,” connecting everything, and everyone, together.

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In 2000, Judy took the stage again in Lost in Yonkers and took another break until 2019 when she performed in Always a Bridesmaid. “With the gaps, things changed every time so I didn’t know what I was coming back into. Each time I came back it would be for a show. I would get the bug (to perform) again and audition.”

Judy is actively involved in Readers Theatre (including their new podcast series!) where she works with Michael Troop. She says, “I always feel very fortunate to work with the folks that I do. Nothing beats the excitement of the casts and families of KidzAct or Sensory Night. I am very interested in and excited about the renova tions. The Naples Players is a community unto itself and gives many of us a kind of sanctuary from the daily rush.”

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As for present day, Judy’s dedication to the organization is greatly appreciated by every one at The Naples Players! Director of Patron Services, James Duggan, says that Judy is, “ex tremely reliable and often covers volunteer slots that need assistance throughout the entire season. She is a hard working volunteer who cares deeply for the organization and its growth over the next several years. Judy goes above and be yond her typical volunteer duties and always assists where she can. She is easy going and always willing to step up for whatever is needed to make the patron experience top quality.”

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Kathy Barney in Blithe Spirit SPOTLIGHT ON: KATHLEEN BARNEY

love meeting new volunteers and we are excited for you to get to know Kathleen Barney, aka Kathy, and welcome her to our TNP family. Kathy portrays the role of Madame Arcati in Blithe Spirit.

Kathy comes to Naples from Wisconsin and first built a home here in 1992. “My husband and I would come down infrequently because we both had our careers. I was a regional man ager and trainer for a national health care com pany and had two sons in their early teens and had to travel a lot.” Because of the demanding travel schedule, she changed course. “I left and opened up two full service salons and ran them for 23 years - I had 49 people working for me between the two locations. After September 11, I joined Homeland Security and worked for them as a community relations manager. I did that for 7 years and then retired and moved down here permanently.”

Ever since childhood, Kathy has had an affin ity for the arts. “My parents worked with big bands when I was little and from the time I was 4 years old, they would dress me up like Shirley Temple, I would get on stage to sing and dance, and then eventually I would fall asleep in a booth! At age 5, I would produce, direct, and act for all my friends during the summer time.”

As an adult, she didn’t have time to keep up with her theatre passions as much as she would have liked. “About 12 years ago, I started to get involved with theatre again - I performed with the Marco Players, The Studio Players, and TNP’s Readers Theatre. I’m a ham and love being on stage but I really love immers ing myself in my character. The last play I did was Walter Cronkite is Dead with The Studio Players before my husband passed away a year and a half ago.”

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Kathy and her husband Skip were married for 40 wonderful years before he passed away. “My husband would go to a play every single night of the week if he could. We came to shows at TNP for years before I finally got involved in volunteering. I’m really looking forward to working with the actors - they’re just so talent ed! Of course, I’m hoping to do justice to my role. I’ve seen the movie (Blithe Spirit) with Rex Harrison. One of the things that attracted me to it was that it’s based in the 40’s. I could watch TCM 24 hours a day if I had the timeI’m an old soul.”

Reflecting on her time with Skip, Kathy adds, “I would occasionally say to my husband - I think

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The best thing about community theatre is the friendship. I have made the best, lifelong (and I mean, lifelong!) friends from theatre. They’re all diverse and we’re all a little wacky but they are my family here in Naples.

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As Kathy’s husband was passionate about the atre, she thinks of him often throughout the rehearsal and performing process leading up to Blithe Spirit and how bittersweet this first production without him will be. “He waited for me every night after rehearsals and shows and would ask, ‘How was it? How did you do? How was the audience?’ He was so funny - my friends would call when I wasn’t home and loved talking to him. He would joke with them that he was ‘taking their orders for t-shirts and mugs’ for my fan club.”

I’m going to put down that I want to act with The Naples Players in Blackburn Hall for a full play! And he would say, ‘you will, I’m telling you, you will.’ I’m so grateful that they chose me to be in Blithe Spirit with these amazing ac tors and I am hoping that he is up there look ing down upon me with one more chance to say ‘I told you so!’”

All of us at The Naples Players are here to guide and support our volunteers through their experience on and offstage. We cannot wait to see Kathy shine as Madame Arcati as she continues her journey as part of our TNP family.

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(IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER) MADAME ARCATI ........................................................................................................ KATHLEEN BARNEY DR. BRADMAN....................................................................................................................... KARL CHERY CHARLES ........................................................................................................................... JAMES DUGGAN MRS. BRADMAN ......................................................................................................... SHELLEY GOTHARD ELVIRA ................................................................................................................................... ERICA JONES EDITH ................................................................................................................................ ESTHER SNYDER RUTH ................................................................................................................................... JESSICA WALCK

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With a name inspired by his birthday near Christmas, Noël Peirce Coward was a gift to his parents, who lost their first son to meningitis the previous year. The family had little money; Noël’s father was an unsuccessful piano tuner and salesman, and his mother pushed her precocious boy into a professional stage debut at age 10. Answering an ad for “a star cast of wonder children,” he won a role in a play by tap-dancing “violently” while his mother played “Nearer My God to Thee” on the piano.

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Called “The Master” by his friends because of his seemingly bottomless pool of talents, Noël Coward’s life seems more like fiction than fact. Knighted by Queen Elizabeth II and elected to the elite Royal Society of Literature, Coward was a celebrated songwriter, playwright, actor, director, singer, and composer who rose to prominence in Britain and the U.S. in the years between the two world wars.

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A workaholic driven by his desire to escape poverty, Coward built his career by writing parts perfectly suited to one particular leading man: himself. And success came quickly. By 15, he had acted in a D.W. Griffith silent movie; at 20, he was a produced playwright; and by 30 he had written several plays and a lyr ical operetta. In all, Coward wrote 60 plays, more than 300 songs, plus memoirs, diaries, short stories and screenplays.

Volunteering at the outbreak of World War II, Coward ran the British propaganda office in Paris. He also worked with the Secret Service, using his influence to persuade the American public and government to help Britain. Coward won an Academy Honorary Award in 1943 for his naval film and was knighted in 1969. In the 1950s, he found new success in cabaret performing a repertoire of his own Coward’ssongs.plays

Noël Coward died on March 26, 1973.

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became popular again in the 1960s and 1970s, and his work and style continue to influence popular culture. In 2006, the former Albery Theatre in London was renamed the Noël Coward Theatre in his honor.

Asked by an interviewer what he would like to be remembered for, he responded:

“By my charm.”

Many of his works, including Blithe Spirit, are still performed.

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In a production schedule that seems unbelievably fast by today’s standards, the play opened at London’s Pic cadilly Theatre just six weeks after Coward completed it! Even more amazing is the fact that only two lines were dropped and none were altered during rehearsal. Blithe Spiropened in London’s West End in 1941, breaking the record for non-musical British plays - 1,997 performances. Coward himself directed. It also triumphed on Broadway that same year, run ning for 657 performances.

Coward wrote Blithe Spirit to distract his audience from the harsh reality of life in a city under constant threat of attack by the Germans. He wanted something silly and funny that everyone could laugh at because life was so grim during the war.

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Notable luminaries who have performed in Blithe Spirit over the years:

In 1945, Coward adapted the play to a movie starring Rex Harrison. It was also adapted for TV in the 1950s and ‘60s and for radio as well. Blithe Spirit enjoyed several West End and Broadway revivals in the ‘70s and ‘80s, was revived again in London in 2004, 2011, 2014 and 2020, and returned to Broadway in 2009.

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In French, the meaning is pretty general, but in English it was used specifically to describe a meeting of people who gath er to receive messages from ghosts or listen to a medium communicate with or relay messages from spirits. (By the way, in modern times, participants need not be seated while taking part in a séance.)

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The popularity of séances grew dramatically with the founding of the Spiritualism religion in the mid19th century. Among the best-known séances at that time were those of Mary Todd Lincoln who, grieving the loss of her son, organized séances in the White House, attended by her husband, President Abraham Lincoln and other prom inent people. An 1887 University of Pennsyl vania commission impugned the credibility of Spiritualism at the height of its popularity by publishing exposures of fraud and showmanship among séance leaders.

Simply put, a Séance is an attempt to communi cate with spirits. The word comes from the French for “session.”

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is the practice of helping the spirits of the dead commu nicate with living human beings. Practitioners are called “mediums” or “spirit mediums,” and there are different types of mediumship, including séance tables, trance, and even Ouija boards which provided entertainment for the upper classes. Investigations during this period revealed widespread fraud—some practitioners even used tech niques used by stage magicians—and the practice began to lose credibility. Fraud is still rife in the medium or psychic industry, with cases of deception and trickery being uncovered even today.

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JAMES DUGGAN (Charles) has directing credits including TNP’s production of Boeing, Boeing ; Erasure and Playwriting 101 for TNP’s Readers Theatre; assistant directing These Shining Lives. Acting credits include: Rick/Making God Laugh, Bernard/Don’t Dress for Dinner, Roger and Omar/Maple and Vine, Mr. Hilton/Coney Island Christ mas, Ellard/The Foreigner, and Garry and Roger/Noises Off. James studied acting with the New Theatre Conservatory in Boston and Shakespeare and Company in Lenox, Massachusetts. Some of his favorite roles include: Max/Lend Me A Tenor, Mike Tal man/Wait Until Dark, Chris Keller/All My Sons, Jimmy Zoole/P.S. Your Cat Is Dead, and Tartuffe/Tartuffe. James would like to thank everyone involved in this production and TNP for their continuous support.

SHELLEY GOTHARD (Mrs. Bradman) has been involved in many productions here at The Naples Players and other local theaters. She was last seen as Hannah in The Naples Players production of When We Were Young and Unafraid and in the Ensemble of A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder. Shelley is excited to be working with this won derful cast and crew!

KARL CHERY (Dr. Bradman) was born and raised in Naples. He took a class at TNP a few years ago. He recently got the acting bug again and decided to come back for more! He is humbled and honored to learn again. Thank you.

KATHLEEN BARNEY (Madame Arcati) is thrilled to be debuting with this won derfully talented cast at TNP. She has performed many roles in Naples and Marco theaters. Some of her credits include Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Steel Magno lias, Over the River and Thru the Woods, The Last Romance, Cookin with Gus and two TV commercials. Kathleen was last seen as Patty in Walter Cronkite is Dead at The Studio Players. She is truly looking forward to this fun ride! This one’s for you, Skip!

ESTHER SNYDER (Edith) watched several hours of Downton Abbey in preparation for this role. She is excited to return to the stage after working on props for Something Rotten! - especially with this wonderful cast and crew. Many thanks to our dedicat ed volunteers in the scene shop, costumes, front of house, and backstage for keeping TNP running!

ERICA JONES (Elvira) is so happy to be involved in her second production at TNP. She is particularly grateful for this wonderful community that embraces creative expression and provides opportunities for artistic growth. She is delighted to play the role of Elvira and hopes you enjoy the production.

JESSICA WALCK (Ruth) is excited to have a theatre full-circle moment with her fellow Neighborhood Playhouse graduate, Emma Canalese, directing her in this clever pro duction of Blithe Spirit. Jessica has loved being involved in all things theatre since she was a little girl creating an imaginary hotel in her childhood home. It means so much to her to be performing with this amazingly passionate and giving cast. She is a dedicated TNP volunteer and staff member and has been involved with the organization for close to 20 years. Recent acting roles; Becky/Becky’s New Car, Adelaide/Guys and Dolls, and Ellen/Maple & Vine. Love to her loves Craig, Liam, and The Brood!

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KENNY DUECKER (Associate Scenic Designer) is thrilled to be assisting on another project at The Naples Players! He is a designer and draftsman based in NYC, though he is always happy when he gets to come home to Florida. He would like to thank Todd for his bountiful wisdom over the years. Kenny will be working on Southern Comforts in the Tobye Studio later this year.

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EMMA CANALESE (Director) is a graduate of The Western Australian Academy of the Performing Arts and The Neighborhood Playhouse, NY. Associate member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. For TNP: Peter and the Starcatcher (nominated for Best Director of a Musical, Broadway World Regional Awards), Silent Sky (Naples Florida Weekly Top Pick), choreographer Pride and Prejudice (Broad way World Regional Winner for Virtual Production of the Decade) and When We Were Young and Unafraid . Selected credits: Einstein and Mileva (World Premiere, Theatre Row, NY), Hollywood, Hollywood (Midtown International Theatre Festival, nominated for Best Direction/Best Choreography), America (Downtown Urban Theatre Festival, winner of Best Audience Award), C10 Annual Play Series (Collective NY), The Tempest: Remixed (Teatro Heckscher, NY), A Sense of Purpose On Sundays (IO Myers Theatre at UNSW), Par amnesia (Seymour Centre with One Extra Dance). She is co-writer/director of A 100 Years of the History of Dance which had several Australian tours, was a Western Australian Critics Choice winner at Fringe World Festival in Perth, and has had runs at The Brisbane Powerhouse and La Boite Theatre Company. Directed Holidays From The Heart, a virtual performance produced by Bravehearts For Broadway, streamed on Playbill.com for The Actors Fund. Taught and directed at The Papermill Playhouse Conservatory and Intensive Summer Programs, StageDoor Manor, Rutgers-RSAC, Pomona College, and UNSW Dance and Drama Dept. Emma would like to thank all the cast and crew for their work in bringing Blithe Spirit to ‘life’, with a special thanks to Julie.

JULES BRANCHE (Stage Manager) is excited to return to The Naples Players stage managing for Blithe Spirit. Jules previously stage managed at The Naples Players, The Savannah Sipping Society and Escanaba in da Moonlight. Previously she was the Assistant Stage Manager for the shows Guys and Dolls, Mamma Mia!, Bye Bye Bird ie, The Wedding Singer, Mary Poppins and Something Rotten. Jules thanks all of her friends and family for their continued support as she dedicates her free time to the theater.

MOLLIE L aTORRE (Costume Design) is in her fourth season with TNP as Costume Shop Supervisor. After graduating with her Masters in Costume Design from FSU, she joined the Creative Costuming team for Disney Parks Live Entertainment as well as freelanced as a designer in the Orlando area. Previous design credits include The Wedding Singer, Footloose, Yours, Truly, Bye Bye Birdie, and She Loves Me (TNP); Nunsense 2 , The Great American Trailer Park Christmas Musical (TheatreWorks Florida); Fun Home, The Royal Family (Mad Cow); and Florida State University’s Cloud Nine, Killer Joe, Some Girl(s). She has previously worked at Utah Festival Op era and Musical Theatre, Olney Theatre Center, Williamstown Theatre Festival and Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company. She would like to thank her friends, family, and love Reece for their unending support and encouragement.

SEAN McGINLEY (Sound Design) is excited to be returning to The Naples Players. He previously designed When We Were Young and Unafraid last season. Sean is a sound designer located in central Pennsylvania. He has a degree in Music Industry and Recording Technology from York College of Pennsylvania. Sean has been an au dio engineer for 15 years and a professional sound designer for six years. His designs have been heard at the Mac-Haydn Theatre, Gulfshore Playhouse, Center for the Arts Bonita, GableStage, The Penobscot Theatre, Robinson Ballet, and Theatre Workshop of Nantucket. Sean would like to thank his family and Alivia for their continued sup port of him pursuing his dream. www.seanmcginleysounddesign.com

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JULIE EWING (Assistant Director) is thrilled to be making her TNP debut with this incredible team of creatives. A recent transplant from Kansas City, Julie has over 30 years of experience on and off stage. She directed the Kansas City Premier of Bright Star, which won 15 local awards including Best Production and Direction. Other favorites include Newsies, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and The Drowsy Chaperone. To learn more visit www.theatrejce.com. Thanks to all of you for making her feel so at home and to Emma, Cole, Jules, and Jess for the extra time and care.

NANCY HAYER (Assistant Stage Manager) While intending to buy a ticket for The Great Gatsby, Nancy decided to volunteer instead. She has served as backstage run crew for The Great Gatsby and She Loves Me, dresser for Making God Laugh, and assistant stage manager for Yours, Truly, Calendar Girls, Boeing Boeing, and The Savannah Sipping Society.

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MIKE SANTOS (Properties Coordinator) recently designed the sets for Mary Pop pins, Dear Edwina JR , Seussical JR , Matilda JR , The Wedding Singer, Twelfth Night, The Sound of Music, Bye Bye Birdie, She Loves Me, Escanaba in da Moonlight, Mamma Mia!, Guys and Dolls, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream at TNP. Originally from Upstate New York, Mike received his BFA from Cazenovia College and has been in Naples since 2003. Much love to his better half, Judith and little buddy, Taz :-) As always, a big thank you to the volunteers for doing what they do best.

ANDREW VANCE (Lighting Design) is a Minneapolis-based lighting designer, and has designed lights for more than 100 productions. Recent credits include Alley All New Festival 2020, Alley All New Festival 2019, An Act of God , and the HYPE Festival (Alley Theatre); Lysistrata (Classical Theatre); A Lie of the Mind and The Graduate (Dirt Dogs Theatre Company); The Whipping Man (Omaha Playhouse); As You Like It, Much Ado About Nothing, Small Mouth Sounds, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and The God Game (4th Wall Theatre); and To Kill a Mockingbird , The Mir acle Worker, Wedding Belles, The 39 Steps, Godspell , The Diary of Anne Frank, Arsenic & Old Lace, and The Beams are Creaking (A.D. Players). More information at www.andrewvancelighting.com

TODD POTTER (Scenic Design) It occurred me in the many years I have been doing this I have never really thanked my agent publicly. I have known this person for 27 years; longer than I have been married. She knows more about me than most people who are close to me in my life. She at first was a voice at the end of a phone call. A master at crafting a letter of advice delivered to my mailbox. A copy of my contract sent to me via delivery service. She is the voice of reason; my confidant on business matters, sometimes personal; my guide through the jungle of theatrical business (remember it is Business before Show kids), she is my Bad Cop to my Good Cop and she supports my adventures with confidence in my talent and expertise like my parents did as I grew up. Is she real, is she a guardian angel or is she God? Have I known her in a past life. Is she an Elder who has been placed in my life to teach me things I must know in order to not deal with them in my next. I have seen her exactly 3 times in the same room and it is like we are next door neighbors striking up a conversation. She came to my rescue during a disastrous negotiation with a theat rical group and “righted the ship” for my assistants and I. She didn’t care if I studied at a prestigious Ivy League or name-brand school; she looked at my talent and potential. I am sure the productions I have designed did not garner as much for her business as some of her other clients, a few were very lucrative I will say. She does it to protect me from the part of Art that is an Art, but not in a true Aristotelian way. I was told on the first day of Graduate Scenic Design class that this is a “mean-spirited business and you better develop a thick skin.” These words were uttered by my mentor right after he said hello. My Mother said that if I wanted to be an artist I needed to be ready to engage and process criticism. AWL were true, YES! But “She” protects me from that so I can create without “noise” in the process. I am truly thankful for my agent and I am sad that our career together is coming to a very quick end; it is time for me to focus on creating my best life without theater. I am very thankful for what I have achieved with Russ Rosensweig in my life. She once described me as “the next best thing since sliced bread” to a producer who hired me. Well, I think Russ is my guardian angel. Thank you Russ Rosensweig at Summit Entertainment Group on Potter Hill Drive. Thank you and God Bless! p.s. Also want to give a HUGE thanks to Russ’s assistant, Nicole Zolad whom I have had the pleasure of working with the last few years. I have learned to trust and respect her in the process as she is another wise and benevolent voice of Russ but in her own style. “What a team.”

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