Angela Bond has been performing professionally for over 40 years. Now residing in Bradenton, she grew up in North Carolina. Her mother was from Tennessee, her father was from Virginia, and her southern roots run deep. Experience includes Broadway, regional, and Europe plus a smattering of TV and film.

Sharon is thrilled to be back with SaraSolo. She began performing leading and featured roles in musicals and operettas, then traveled with husband David to New York, Ontario and Florida with the Fabulous Ohs concert duo. Her great love is writing for the musical stage – new works include RHAPSODY FOR GOLDA, ELIZABETH OF RUSSIA, THREE QUEENS and the opera PATRA. http://dsoworks.com/

Douglas Hall is an actor, director, and teacher. Acting credits include Red Velvet (Pierre) at freeFall Theatre and the webseries Precious Cargo (Lionel). He was a faculty member at CAP 21/NYU for ten years and is currently on faculty at the University of South Florida where he is head of Musical Theatre and directs the Theatre in Paris program.

Bridging the "Age Friendly" community of Sarasota with Carrie Mills and her VPA program at Booker Middle School

We developed a powerful inter-generational education outreach program that gives 2 groups a needed, larger voice in the world. Middle school children and adults aged 60+ often feel lonely and lost. The Bridge brings these groups together to share their stories, mentor each other and build positive outlooks and relationships. The program finishes with a final performance which for some is the most rewarding aspect as they now relate to friends, family, and the community in a variety of monologues that remind that there are more commonalities than differences between the 2 generations.

A solo theatre development workshop for Booker High School Juniors in the Visual and Performing Arts program

Ann Morrison and Blake Walton bring their solo performance workshop “SoloSynergy” to Sunny D Smith’s level III theatre students as a means to finding self-expression in writing and performing a personal story. Taking many forms including performance art, dance and movement, monologue, stand-up, fictional narrative, and cabaret, the 20-24 students write autobiographical pieces or a fictionalized aspect of themselves and some write something for another student to perform. Almost all the pieces are directed by a fellow student and all are presented in a final performance with an audience.