Pamela Larkin Caruso is from New York but has lived in Florida for the past 21 years with her husband and three children. She is happy to be part of The Naples Players family as our Director of Volunteers and Community Advancement. She holds a BFA in Painting/Drawing with minors in Printmaking and Art History and an MFA in painting with a minor in Printmaking. Her work has been featured in solo, juried, and invitational exhibitions, and extensively in national and international private collections. She is a former recipient of the Liquitex Color Award and Artist Enhancement Grant Award from the State of Florida, Division of Cultural Affairs. Mary Anne McAvoy McKerrow is excited to be working with this talented cast! Past TNP credits include Mamma Mia!, Felicia in I Hate Hamlet, Momma Rose in Gypsy and Madame Thenardier in Les Misérables. Shakespeare in Paradise credits include Mistress Page/ The Merry Wives of Windsor, Lady Macbeth/Macbeth, A Love Story, Katherine/ The Taming of The Shrew and Hippolyta and Titania/A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Mary Anne has been costuming and teaching young actors and actresses of TNP’s KidzAct program since 2005.
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Alex Portaro is 18 years old and is a freshman Musical Theatre major at East Carolina University. A recent KidzAct alumna, she was last seen as Sophie in Mamma Mia! Teen at TNP. She is so excited to be a part of this performance while her school is online and she hopes that you enjoy! Michael Santos recently designed the sets for Moana, Bye Bye Birdie, She Loves Me, Escanaba in da Moonlight, Mamma Mia!, Guys and Dolls, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream at TNP. A graduate of Cazenovia College in Upstate New York, where he majored in Visual Communications with a specialization in Commercial Illustration. His first production at The Naples Players was as Tom in A Perfect Wedding. Other notable roles at TNP are: Paul/Barefoot in the Park, Michael/God of Carnage, Edgar/Jane/The Mystery of Irma Vep, Richard/The 39 Steps, and Orcus/She Kills Monsters. Mike co-owns the local comedy troupe Stage 2 Improv with his amazingly talented wife, Judith. He also offers a beginner-level improv class here at TNP.
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