Creative Team Dot Auchmoody (C o s t ume D e signer ) is celebrating her 19th season as the Resident Costume Designer for The Naples Players. This has been a season like no other to say the least. In spite of all the challenges that we have faced, it has brought home to all of us that we are a family. We are thankful for the volunteers that have helped in this difficult time and for those who couldn't join us but sent their encouragement. A special shout out to Bryce and the Board of Directors for their leadership in helping us keep involved in this community we love. She is pleased to see her husband and friends treading the boards again. “Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.” - Oscar Wilde Starlet Jacobs (Scenic Designer) received an MFA in Scenic Design from UCL A and a BA in M usic a nd A r t f r om University of Washington. Her Set Design credits at The Naples Players include Making God Laugh; Bell, Book & Candle; Don’t Dress for Dinner; White Christmas; Charles Ives Take Me Home; and Miracle on 34th St. She lives and works in NYC as a set designer and as an art director for film and TV. She would like to thank Michael, Chase, and all the volunteers for their talent and hard work building and painting the sets year after year!
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Gabrielle Lansden (Properties) has been in love with theatre since she was 7 years old. She studied theatre at FSW and got her AA, and then got her BA in FGCU’s theatre program in 2020. She has been working in props since she started college and has loved it ever since. She also loves to perform in theatre; she has been in She Kills Monsters as Agnes at FSW, Water Stories at FGCU and as Janet in The Rocky Horror Show at New Phoenix Theatre. She thanks her wonderful parents for their love and support and hopes y’all enjoy the show. Hunter Reum (Stage Manager) is excited to be taking on his first Tobye production – and the first show in this space since the shutdown! Hunter last stage managed Twelfth Night and has been the ASM on productions such as Footloose; Yours, Truly; Mamma Mia! Teen; and The Great Gatsby. While he enjoys being offstage, he equally enjoys acting. Hunter was most recently seen on stage in Bye Bye Birdie last spring. Manda Smith (Deck Manager) is happy to be part of the SM team for this beautiful production. Born in London, Manda worked during high school
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