Ann is an award-winning actress, writer, teacher and director for over 40 years. As an actress she starred on Broadway in Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along directed by Harold Prince (1982 Theatre World Award), and in LoveMusik (2007); London's West End in Peg; Off-Broadway in the musical Goblin Market (Drama Desk Award Nom.) and was an original cast member of Forbidden Broadway. Nationally, she has starred in Sondheim on Sondheim, Into the Woods, Peter Pan, Guys & Dolls, Cabaret, Oliver! Sunset Boulevard, On A Clear Day, Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Good News, Embarrassments, Anyone Can Whistle, plus many many more. Locally she starred in Noel & Gertie, Shadowlands, Ruthless! I Do, I Do! with Blake Walton. The quintessential solo artist, Ann has performed cabaret in major venues across the country, most recently at Feinstein's/54 Below in NYC. She won a Best Actress Award for her solo play Linda Lovely Goes to Broadway in the United Solo Festival in NYC, and appeared there again with her solo play Word Painting: Soliloquies Around an Easel. Directing credits include both her solo play Trevor's Fire starring Blake Walton and his solo play Leading Men at the United Solo Festival; large musicals The Secret Garden, Merrily We Roll Along, On A Clear Day, Smoke On the Mountain as well as many plays and revues. Four of Ann's solo plays are published. She is the Co-founder and Artistic Director of Kaleidoscope, a musical theatre workshop for persons with developmental disabilities. She is also founder and teacher with the Sarasota Cabaret Collective, helping cabaret artists create and develop new works. She can be heard on original cast recordings and studio recordings such as Merrily We Roll Along, Peg, Goblin Market, Good News, I remember Mama, Lady Be Good, Sing Before Breakfast, and The Road to Ruin. She is the recipient of several HANDY, SAMMY, and SARASOTA MAGAZINE Awards as well as the JOHN RINGLING TOWERS AWARD. Ann plays herself in the 2017 documentary Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened. Ann is a proud member of AEA, SAG/AFTRA and the United Solo Academy.

Professional website: http://www.annmorrison.net/

wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Morrison

Jan has been a resident of Sarasota for 45 years having a stellar career in finance and human resources, most recently with the City of Sarasota. She brings many years of expertise in Board Work for nonprofit organizations, including serving on the Board of the Directors of Key Chorale for 14 years. While there she contributed in many areas, including development, event planning, marketing, and community outreach. She has had a lifelong love of the arts and has been involved in community theater productions on stage and/or backstage in Sarasota, Bradenton, Venice, Anna Maria Island and local dinner theaters. Some of her favorite roles are Golde in Fiddler on the Roof and Jenny Lind in Barnum. She was a soprano section leader and sings in the choir at St. Boniface Church.

Kim has more than 25 years of experience in branding, marketing, advertising, public relations and grantwriting. Her non-profit and public clients have included Ford Motor Company Fund; Goodwill Industries of Greater New York and New Jersey; the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering; the DC School System, and the Hebrew Educational Society (HES), as well as many state governments and entities.

For the HES in Brooklyn, she wrote and secured a $1-million-plus grant to the New York City Department of Education for the non-profit to expand its programs, services, and reach to at-risk and minority youth, as well as senior citizens from all walks of life.

She has deep experience in entrepreneurship, organizational strategy, and change management. In her current role, she owns and operates several successful small businesses including The Reserve SRQ (www.thereservesrq.com) and Cressell Simmons Development Group (primarily real estate development). She also provides consulting services to help C-level executives & executive teams envision, develop, & launch transformational initiatives to help meet organizational objectives.

Formerly, she was a senior communications consultant for Aon Hewitt, a global consulting company. She also served as Global Communications lead for a company with 60,000 employees across more than 20 countries. Her career experience includes: AT&T; Aon/AonHewitt; Arm & Hammer; Bayer Pharmaceuticals; Bloomin' Brands (Outback Steakhouse); Campbell Soup Company; Cheer; Coca-Cola/Sprite; Ford Motor Company Fund; Frigidaire; General Motors (Saab); HP; Kohl's; Kraft; Lilly; Nordstrom; Office Depot; PNC Bank; Paychex; Pepperidge Farm Goldfish; Procter & Gamble; Swanson Broth; SYKES; VELVEETA, Walmart, & more.

Additionally, Kim has supported other non-profit organizations with leadership, time, funding, in-kind donations, and resources, including: American Heart Association; Embrace Our Differences (formerly Coexistence); Equality Florida, and the Sarasota Film Festival.

She is a certified Change Management professional and real estate developer, and has written for books, magazines, newspapers, and weeklies.

Carole has directed over 100 plays including award-winning productions of The Diary of Anne Frank and The Elephant Man. Sarasota audiences enjoyed her productions of The Drawer Boy and Kiss the Moon, Kiss the Sun for the Banyan Theater Company, and Fiddler on the Roof, and Little Women, The Musical at The Players of Sarasota.

As Director of Education and Outreach for the Asolo Repertory Theatre, Carole developed education programs for thousands of theater-goers, wrote comprehensive study guides, facilitating post-performance talk-backs and teacher workshops, and.co-produced the Kaleidoscope Musical Theatre Workshop for persons with developmental disabilities. After leaving the Asolo she served as the Artistic Director for the Banyan Theatre Company.

Carole enjoys her ongoing work as "midwife" to playwrights, helping them develop and refine new plays. In Chicago she was a Professor of Theatre at Oakton Community College, where she taught a wide range of theatre courses, and was the lead director for the Performing Arts Center.