CREATIVE TEAM BIOS

(IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

K.C. ALLEN........

(Stage Manager) is a senior at the Community School of Naples. She has been working at The Naples Players for almost seven years now, both on and off stage. She was most recently seen in the production Something Rotten! Teen (Ensemble). Her other recent credits with TNP include By the Way, Meet Vera Stark (Assistant Stage Manager), Something Rotten! (Assistant Stage Manager), The Wedding Singer (Production Assistant), The Wedding Singer Teen (Assistant Stage Manager). KC would like to thank her grandmother, her mother, her brother, and Colton Butcher (obviously). By the way, enjoy the show!

KELLIE CULLINAN.........

(Music Director) is a classically trained singer, actress and voice teacher known for her bubbly approach to teaching. Based in NYC the past 7 years, some of her favorite performances include Carnegie Hall & Fenway. She served as a NY PopsEd Teaching Artist, directing/music directing rising youth in the tri-state area as well as performing through the nonprofit Concerts in Motion. Kellie holds a B.M. & M.M. in Vocal Performance from Indiana University, and is a proud member of AEA,

NATS & FMEA. Kellie is grateful to be working with The Naples Players staff for the third summer in a row. A special thanks to Bret Poulter for a splendid collaboration!! www.kellie-cullinan.com

SARAH GAMBLIN.........

(Assistant Stage Manager) moved to Naples in June 2022. While she has had experience performing through school and for a local community theater in Des Moines, Iowa, her love of theater has only grown throughout her experience at The Naples Players. She is exhilarated by the enthusiasm of the TNP community and hopes you enjoy the show!

MARY ANNE

M c AVOY

M c KERROW......

(Costume Designer) has been costuming and teaching the young actors of TNP’s KidzAct program since 2005. As a performer for TNP, she was last seen as Donna in Mamma Mia! Other TNP roles include Elizabeth Benning/Young Frankenstein , Momma Rose/Gypsy, and Madame Thenardier/Les Misérables. Most recently, she debuted at The Laboratory Theater in Ft. Myers as Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd.

ALEX MINARIK...

(Assistant Stage Manager) is very excited to be back at TNP and to be participating as an ASM for this production. Enjoy the show!

JACOB MYNY....

(Sound Designer) is excited to return to The Naples Players! Jacob is the Resident Sound Designer at The Kalamazoo

Civic and comes from South Haven, MI. Jacob earned his BFA degree from Western Michigan University Theatre Department. He has traveled around working in New Hampshire, Florida, and Michigan. Some of his favorite previous works include, The Cake (The Naples Players), The Fantasticks (Jean’s Playhouse), Much Ado About Nothing (Hope Summer Repertory Theatre) and Newsies (The Kalamazoo Civic). For more information about Jacob and his works, visit his website: mynyinc.com

Bret Poulter

(Director/Choreographer) has been a KidzAct instructor since 2018 and primarily works with students in grades 3-8. He has also acted as director and/or choreographer for KidzAct productions of The Sound of Music, Disney’s Descendants, Dear Edwina JR, Seussical JR and Newsies JR . He is thrilled to be spending his summer with the casts and creative teams for both Into the Woods JR and Beauty and the Beast JR. Enjoy the show!

Patricia Puia

(Assistant Stage Manager) is beginning her fourth season with TNP and has enjoyed every minute! She has worked in a variety of backstage and tech positions in shows ranging from Footloose to The Cake and from A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder to Calendar Girls. She also recently stage managed By the Way, Meet Vera Stark in the Tobye. She has enjoyed extending her experience into the KidzAct program for this production and thanks everyone involved for their hard work and team spirit.