FUTURE FOCUSED By Lauren Speirs
19-year-old Sade Bassan shines both on stage and behind the scenes at The Naples Players.
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orn and raised in Naples, Florida, Sade Bassan started performing in musicals in high school and did her first show with The Naples Players (TNP) as a backstage hand for You Can’t Take It with You. Her first onstage appearance with TNP was in Moana JR. and she was happy to find a place to do more theater. “When I first came here I was performing at my high school and wanted to do more beyond performing. My best friend, Amy Tran, was working here at TNP.” With working
backstage versus performing, Sade says she “found love in both of them and then the battle began - onstage or offstage?” Currently, Sade is pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts and Musical Theater as well as a Bachelor of Arts and Communications at the University of Tampa. For the immediate future, she would love more experience backstage as well as in the administrative office of the theater.
Sade Bassan (right) in the TNP KidzAct production of Moana JR.
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TNP BACKSTAGE
THE WEDDING SINGER
