Pietro Buzzelli is a versatile music director and performer. He has starred in leading roles in several award-winning films and theater productions, showcasing his impressive range and talent. Many additional accolades come from his work behind the scenes, where he has earned awards for his original music and sound design in numerous film productions.

Cole Butcher is in his eighth season with The Naples Players. Favorite shows he’s stage managed include Footloose, She Loves Me, Mamma Mia!, Chicago, Legally Blonde, Sister Act, Moon Over Buffalo, and The Rocky Horror Show. He received his BA in Stage Management from Western Michigan University.

Katie Cross was raised in Colorado and received her BFA in Theater Performance from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Her theater credits include Sweet & Lucky (Denver Center/Third Rail Productions), The Tempest and Twelfth Night (Colorado Shakespeare Festival), In Flight: The Story of Sabine Van Dam (Gulfshore Playhouse Outreach), Art Dog (Denver Children’s Theater), and Christmas at Pemberley (Emerald Coast Theater Company). Film credits include Life’s Rewards (Amazon Prime), and Belleville Cop (Netflix). She has been a teaching artist for all ages for the last decade, and currently teaches performance classes at The Naples Players. Working on this production has been a joy thanks to the talents of all students involved! www.katiecross.com

A born & raised New Yorker, Alanna is a graduate of The American Academy of Dramatic Arts (AADA) and continued her training at Michael Howard Studios and T. Schreiber Studio. Having appeared in numerous original plays in NY theater festivals and independent films, some past theatre credits include The Importance of Being Earnest, Little Women, Female Transport, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Since moving to Florida, she has focused primarily on film work until she found a home at The Naples Players, where she has appeared in several mainstage productions, such as Harvey, 42nd Street, and Rumors.

Marcus Dean Fuller is an actor, writer, director, producer and educator with over 25 years of experience working in stage, television, and film. Marcus is honored to be working with such a wonderful education team would like to thank his family and friends for all their support!

Jill Demchak has been teaching the children of Collier and Lee County since relocating to Florida in 2001.  In 2007 she opened Spotlight Dance Studio on Marco Island, with the purpose of passing her love & knowledge of dance to her students.In the Fall of 2015 she joined the staff of KidzAct as an Instructor. She has Choreographed for Nutcracker goes Pop and last Spring’s production of CATS.  Also a performer, Jill has been seen on stage in many TNP productions since 2002. 

James Duggan has been a volunteer with the Naples Players since 2014. James has studied acting with the New Theatre Conservatory in Boston and Shakespeare and Company in Lenox, Massachusetts. BA degree in Communication Arts. TNP directing credits includes The Game’s Afoot , Boeing Boeing, and various Reader’s Theatre. His Assistant Directing credits includes These Shining Lives. Instructing credits include storytelling techniques, sound and movement, clown, and mask work with various age levels of students.

Kit FitzSimons has been teaching, coaching and performing improv, theater, and movement for half his life. He has taught parkour, done motion-capture for Epic Games, taught classes and workshops in North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, and toured with multiple improv teams up and down the east coast. He believes in the power of Two Minute Bravery, the thrill of parallel creativity, and the goofy spectacle of teeny-tiny chicken feet. (You’ll see.)

Dawn Lebrecht Fornara is a native of New York and has served as director and choreographer for TNP’s The Wedding Singer, Footloose, She Loves Me, Mamma Mia, Chicago, Sister Act, The Rocky Horror Show, Catch Me If You Can, Legally Blonde, The Spitfire Grill and 42nd Street, among others, and with KidzAct for many productions, including Joseph…Dreamcoat, Hairspray, Disney’s Camp Rock, Les Misérables and Cats. She has choreographed many shows for TNP, including All Shook Up, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Thoroughly Modern Millie and Cabaret, and, as a performer, she has been seen in the National Tours of 42nd Street, Seussical the Musical, Anything Goes and Grease. A proud member of Actors’ Equity, she has been seen here in Naples in TheatreZone’s Sweeney Todd (Beggar Woman), Jekyll & Hyde (Lucy), Stepping Out with Donna McKechnie, Legs Diamond (Kiki) and Hair, among others. Other recent roles include Sheila/A Chorus Line, Sally Bowles, Velma Kelly, Bombalurina/Cats and Ulla/The Producers. Love to husband Chas and her family.

Ralph Krumins is thrilled to be joining this den of iniquity. Ralph is the Director of Performing Arts at Seacrest Country Day School **Go Stingrays**. Previous credits include Harold Hill/The Music Man, Jekyll/Hyde/Jekyll & Hyde, Gary Lejeune/Noises Off, and Buddy Holly/Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story. He spends his spare time writing musicals and doing the make-’em-ups with troupes Stage 2 Improv, Alpha & Beta, and Murphy Bed Surprise. A big shout out to his two little puritans, Benji & Mabel.

Jennifer Mance was last seen as one of our summer KidzAct Instructors teaching grades 3rd through 5th! After a recent move from Toronto, Canada, and early retirement from teaching, she is grateful to have found The Naples Players Theater. Recent Canadian roles include Muriel in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Truvy in Steel Magnolias and Virginia Noyes in It’s Only A Play. Many thanks to her supportive husband and daughter for allowing the theater to be her second home!

Summer Pliskow received her BFA in Acting and her Certification in Arts in Medicine from the University of Florida; and her Master of Arts in Applied Theatre from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London. She then worked with the National Healthcare System (NHS), held different workshops in care facilities and hospitals, and worked with schools in underdeveloped communities to help students who needed additional support in the school environment.

Summer joined The Naples Players earlier this year, building on an established wellness program that had grown significantly in only a few short years. Summer has since been able to take her experience and build new programs with new partners, new approaches, and new students. Her passion lies in utilizing theatre to promote personal, social, and cultural wellbeing within the greater community through storytelling, devising, and the performing arts – and The Naples Players has been the perfect place to do just that.

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Lorelai Vega is 18 years old and a dual-enrolled rising senior. She’s assisted with many KidzAct classes, and has been seen on stage in several recent productions including: Esmeralda in The Hunchback of Notre Dame Teen, Liesl in The Sound of Music, Emily in A Christmas Carol, or Portia in Something Rotten! Teen.