JOHN PATRICK SHANLEY (Playwright) is from the Bronx. He was thrown out of St. Helena's kindergarten. He was banned from St. Anthony's hot lunch program for life. He was expelled from Cardinal Spellman High School. He was placed on academic probation by New York University and instructed to appear before a tribunal if he wished to return. When asked why he had been treated in this way by all these institutions, he burst into tears and said he had no idea. Then he went into the United States Marine Corps. He did fine. He's still doing okay.

KRISTEN COURY (Director) is the Founder and Producing Artistic Director of Gulfshore Playhouse, and has directed the Florida Premiere of Married Alive!, Life x 3, and Romeo and Juliet Redefined a project she conceived using Shakespeare's original script with added dance, music and song. The first Gulfshore production was Oleanna by David Mamet starring Tony-Nominee Alan Campbell to much acclaim. Kristen was recently honored to receive distinction as one of the "Top 40 Professionals Under 40" by Gulfshore Life Magazine.

Kristen recently directed Skylight by David Hare, Five Women Wearing the Same Dress by Alan Ball, as well as Oleanna in Raleigh, NC, for "Hot Summer Nights at the Kennedy". Oleanna was subsequently voted one of the top ten productions of 2006 in the Raleigh-Durham Triangle. She made her feature film directorial debut with Friends and Family, a comedy starring Tony Lo Bianco and Tovah Feldshuh, which was released around the US and Europe, and can now be seen on DVD and Cable TV worldwide.

Kristen directed the first production of Waiting for the Glaciers to Melt, a new musical by Tony-nominated Brian Lane Green, a project that she helped develop over two years from a variety of poetry and songs by Green. Glaciers was listed on Theatermania.com's 2003 wrap-up under the heading Shows You Should Have Seen But Probably Didn't. She is the Executive Producer of a CD version of the music from Glaciers.

Kristen has directed several new works, produced a CD and worked on a variety of musicals in various stages of development, including Steel Pier on Broadway, a Broadway-workshop of The Jazz Singer and Houdini at the Goodspeed Opera House.

Kristen worked in production/management for Walt Disney Theatrical Productions (working on international productions of Beauty and the Beast and King David) , Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Company (Sunset Boulevard on Broadway and Joseph on Tour), and for London's English Shakespeare Company in the Press and Marketing Department. Kristen is listed in the Who's Who of American Women.

MATT FLYNN (Set Designer) is a native of St. Louis who has been a resident of Naples for five years now. Before Coming to Southwest Florida he spent seventeen years in Los Angeles designing, building and painting sets and props for movies, television shows and a lot of commercials and music videos. Matt is the staff scenery designer for The Naples Players at the Sugden Community Theater and is thrilled about working with Gulfshore Playhouse and anybody else who is as excited about live theater as those two organizations.

CURTIS LEE JONES (Technical Director / Lighting Designer) Currently based out of Raleigh North Carolina, Curtis is happy to return to Naples for another exciting production with Gulfshore Playhouse. A graduate of East Carolina University with a BFA in Production and Design, Curtis has served as Technical Director for Hot Summer Nights at the Kennedy, the Orlando Shakespeare Festival The Opera Company of North Carolina and Florida Studio Theatre just to name a few. Curtis is also an accomplished scenic, lighting and sound designer whose work has been seen at many regional theatres and on several national tours. Past productions for Gulfshore Playhouse include: "Romeo and Juliet: Redefined", "Oleanna", "Life x 3", "Married Alive" and "Another Night Before Christmas". He would like to thank Kristen Coury for believing in his work and style of lighting. Curtis would also like to thank his family Lora and Skylar for being so patient and understanding in this art form we call theatre.

JACQUELINE MORELISSE (Resident Costume Designer) is a diversified artist who has worked in many facets of the theatre. She has served as the resident costume designer for Gulfshore Playhouse since its inception. Jackie has worked extensively as a painter, jewelry designer, costumer and scenic designer/painter for productions and events all over Southwest Florida. Her creativity has been seen for the past 10 years at the Sugden Theatre in her many efforts there. Jackie has also done art or design for Center Stage Productions, Synergy Productions, The Collier County School District television channel and several fashion shows. Favorite productions include, "Moon Over the Brewery", "Romeo and Juliet" , "Pippin", "Mame", and "Lion in Winter", to name just a few. She is very appreciative to Kristen and the rest of the GP team for their collaborative support. She also sends her love and thanks and her beautiful daughters Micha and Femke and her supportive husband Henke.

JAMIE CARMICHAEL (Props Master) is extremely excited to be part of the Gulfshore Playhouse creative team on this production. He is a graduate of the theatre programs at Edison College and Florida Gulf Coast University. Some Favorite productions he's "propped" include "Sugar Bean Sisters" at Florida Rep and "Wonder of the World", "Bad Dates" and "Anton in Show Business" for Theatre Conspiracy. Theatrically speaking Jamie likes to wear many hats. As an actor, director, administrator, teaching artist or technician he has had the opportunity to work for many Southwest Florida theatres.

MELANIE J. LISBY* (Production Coordinator/Production Stage Manager). Melanie is ecstatic to be a member of the Gulfshore Playhouse family! She loved her first season with the Gulfshore Playhouse where she Stage Managed the Florida Premiere of the new musical Married Alive!, the revival of David Mamet's Oleanna, as well as the Florida Premiere of Life (x) 3 by Yasmina Reza. Melanie has also worked on the East Coast of Florida at the Mosaic Theatre in Plantation where she Stage Managed Neil Labute's Wrecks; as well as with Loewy/Leone Productions running The Kid From Brooklyn: The Danny Kaye Story which was seen in Coral Springs and Jupiter, FL. She Stage Managed two seasons at the Barnstormers Theatre in Tamworth, NH where she ran 8 full scale shows in 9 weeks each season! Melanie has Stage Managed in Chicago (World Premiere Take All of Us With You) and with The Indiana State Crossroads Repertory Theatre. Some of her all-time favorites include: The Mousetrap, You Can't Take it With You, Love Rides the Rails, and Same Time Next Year. Melanie is eternally grateful for the never-ending love and support from her husband, parents, and friends!