Gulfshore Playhouse / Live Professional Theater / Naples, Florida

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	WENDI BERGAMINI just completed the Broadway revival run of Promises, Promises directed & choreographed by the renowned Rob Ashford. Wendi has also been seen at Lincoln Center in the breathtaking revival of South Pacific under the direction of Bartlett Sher & Christopher Gattelli. Her national tours include The Light in the Piazza (Franca, 1st National), Evita (25th Anniversary tour, directed by Hal Prince), and Cats (Jellylorum) and regional credits include Finian's Rainbow (Westport Country Playhouse), The Baker's Wife (Goodspeed Opera House, dir. Gordon Greenberg), Titanic (CLO South Bay Cities, dir. Michael Michetti), & The Grapes of Wrath (The Western Stage). She has performed worldwide aboard the famous QE2.
	ELIZABETH DIMON is a proud member of Actors' Equity Assn. living and working in Florida. Recent theatre credits include: "Dr. Radio" (Florida Stage) and "Copenhagen" (Palm Beach Dramaworks). She is a multiple nominee and a 3 time winner of the Carbonell award and the 2010 Frank Prize recepient for Best Performing Artist. Other theatre credits include: "End Days", "The Last Schwartz", "Quills", "The Music Lesson", "The Living", "Mama Drama", "At Wit's End" and more (Florida Stage), "Suite Surrender", "Steel Magnolias", "The King's Mare", "Heartbeats", "A Delicate Balance", "Picnic", "Songs of Paradise" ( Caldwell Theatrre), "Merry Wives", "A Perfect Ganesh", "Goodnight Desdemona....", "Gertrude Stein & a Companion", "Come Back to the 5 & Dime...." (American Stage), "Souvenir", "Berlin to Broadway", "The Dresser" (PB Dramaworks), "Oliver", "Fiddler....", "Damn Yankees", "Sound of Music" (Riverside Theatre), "Mr. Bundy" (Asolo), "Starting Here, Starting Now" (The Company), "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" (Royal Palm DT), "Your's, Anne", "Big River", "She Loves Me" (Actors' Playhouse) and productions at Jupiter DT, Key West Theatre Festival, Pirate's Playhouse, Theatre West, Mosaic Theatre, City Theatre and others.
	KATRINA FOY (Billie Dwyer) is excited to be returning to Gulfshore this season! Selected credits: Cristy Rasco in Off-off Broadway World Premiere of Stomp and Shout for which she was nominated for Outstanding Actress in a Lead Role for the New York Innovative Theater Awards 2009 (Babel Theater Project, NYC); Mariane in Tartuffe (Gulfshore Playhouse); Viola in Twelfth Night, Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing; Maria in Love's Labour's Lost (Connecticut Free Shakespeare); Josie in Iron (Kitchen Theater, Ithaca, NY). Other Credits: National Tours of El Barbero de Sevilla and El Si de las Ninas with National Theater for Arts and Education. Proud member of Actor's Equity Association.
	ZOLAN HENDERSON (Eric) couldn't be more excited about coming back to Gulfshore Playhouse. Audiences may remember Zolan in the role of Bob in last season's Beau Jest. He is originally from Meridian, MS, but has been a Florida resident since 2002. Some other roles of Zolan's include Timmy Cleary in The Subject was Roses (Palm Beach Dramaworks), Todd in Thumbs (Actors' Playhouse), Chris in Arthur Miller's All My Sons, Noah in The Rainmaker, Jack in The Boys Next Door, and Paul in Moon Over Buffalo (Florida Repertory Theatre). He was a resident actor and Company Manager for Florida Repertory Theatre for 5 years and received a B.F.A. in Theatre at the University of Southern Mississippi. Zolan would like to dedicate his performance to Joe Miller.
	JUSTIN R. G. HOLCOMB is delighted to be making his Gulfshore debut in Unnecessary Farce. Most recently he was seen as 'The Old Man' in Actors Theatre of Louisville's production of A Christmas Story. REGIONAL THEATRE: Katsaros & Wilson's Great Expectations (Mill Mountain Theatre); Jekyll & Hyde and West Side Story (Gateway Playhouse). FILM: Octo Romeo 9, Displacement. OTHER THEATRE: Katsaros, McCullough, & Greer's Orphan Train (Pat Birch- dir.); Henry VI part iii (Wide Eyed Productions); Love in the Insecurity Zone, Dangerous Corner, and King Lear (Boomerang Theatre Co.); A Brief History of Murder, Georges Bataille's Bathrobe, Spacemen From Space, Devils, Sacrificial Offerings, and The Magnificent Ambersons (The Brick); The Delphinium Mansion by Libby Leonard (American Globe, 2econd Stage, & the Sam French OOB Festival), As You Like It (Reduxion Theatre Co.), Young Zombies in Love (Jackson Gay, dir.) The Blue Balloon, Adam's Dream, The Ides of March, and The Cherry Orchard (Columbia). ADDITIONAL CREDITS: Teen Party Massacre! (written and composed by Col. Holcomb and John D. Ivy). Col. Holcomb is a proud alum of the University of Oklahoma, a member of Actors' Equity, and a member of the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels. www.JustinRGHolcomb.com
	CHRISTOPHER SWAN is very happy to be joining Gulfshore Playhouse for the first time. He has performed extensively around Florida and throughout the country; most recently at Gainesville's Hippodrome Theatre in the one-man, multi-character play This Wonderful Life, a salute to the Frank Capra classic. Other recent credits include Shipwrecked! (Gorilla Theatre), The Seafarer (American Stage), and Sweet Charity (Hudson Show Palace). For three years he was in the acting company of Playhouse on the Square in Memphis, featured in productions of Our Country's Good, I Love You, You're Perfect... , and Fully Committed among others. A former NYC actor, he's worked with American Globe, Theatre-by-the-Sea, Arkansas Rep, Dorset Theatre Fest and New Rep. Favorite Florida stops include Palm Beach Dramaworks (At Home at the Zoo), Florida Rep (Rabbit Hole) and the Golden Apple (La Cage aux Folles). Christopher is a graduate of the Boston Conservatory and a proud member of Actors Equity.
	TERRY WELLS is making his Gulfshore Playhouse debut this season. He has lived in Toronto, New York, Atlanta and Los Angeles, working with the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Shakespeare in the Square(Brampton, Ontario), York Shakespeare Festival (Newmarket, Ontario), Atlanta Shakespeare, Vineyard Theatre (NYC) and Ensemble Studio Theatre(NYC), among others. Representative stage roles include: Jacques (AS YOU LIKE IT), Feste (TWELFTH NIGHT), Lavatch (ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL), Salieri (AMADEUS), Andrew (SLEUTH) and Mr. Kirby (YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU). Most recently, he performed at the Dixie Theatre (Apalachicola, FL) in LOVE LETTERS, MURDERERS, LEAVING IOWA and EVERYBODY LOVES OPAL. He has also done film and television work in the US and Canada. He dedicates his work in these productions to his parents with gratitude for their never-wavering support and encouragement.