TheatreZone Welcomes Two New Board Members

TheatreZone artistic director Mark Danni today announced that Linda Carp and Lisa Campbell have been elected to the Board of Directors at the non-profit professional Equity theatre group, effective immediately.

The two additions increase the number of TheatreZone's 2015-16 directors to nine, comprised of President Danni; Vice-President David J. Stevens, principal, Investment Properties Corporation of Naples; Secretary Karen Kayser Benson; Amerivest Realty professional Susan Owens; Kelvingrove Fund LP financial expert Joseph J. Farley; retired Broadway stage manager Paul Phillips; U.S. Trust Senior Vice President Lisa A. Nakfoor, and in memoriam, founding director Larry Goodsight.

Ms. Campbell was born and raised in the western suburbs of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and attended the University of Minnesota and Augsburg College where she earned both a bachelor's degree in business and marketing and a master's degree in business. Her professional experience includes four years as an independent sales representative in children's clothing overseeing a five state territory and more than 20 years as a flight attendant with 3M Company. She also served on as a board member at Gulfstream Aerospace specializing in future aircraft design for six years.

Linda Carp was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Education and went on to get her Masters of Science degree in Education and taught school for several years. She is a member of both Hadassah and ORT, two fundraising organizations dedicated to raising funds to help Jewish people in Israel and around the world. Ms. Carp has also served on the board of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra where she was responsible for interviewing, selecting and working with 30+ designers for the first Philharmonic Showhouse. She is a founding member of an organization called S.P.O.K.E. (Spouses and Partners of Kodak Executives) dedicated to assisting local organizations and charities in the Rochester area with goods, services and donations.

About TheatreZone

Operating under the guidelines of the Actors' Equity Association and small professional theatres contract, TheatreZone is in residence and performs in the intimate 250-seat G&L Theatre housed on the magnificent campus of The Community School of Naples, one block north of Pine Ridge Road at 13275 Livingston Road.

TheatreZone Season 11 tickets are now on sale for five musicals including a joint production of Xanadu with Florida Gulf Cost University's Bower School of Music and The Arts, staged in the 90-seat Theatre Lab on the FGCU campus for 10-performances, October 1 through October 11, 2015. Tickets to Xanadu cost $45 and $40 each.

Season 11 selections feature Marvin Hamlisch's Sweet Smell of Success, January 7 - 17, 2016; The Boy From Oz, February 4 - 14, 2016; Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods, March 3 - 13, 2016 and Dames at Sea, April 28 - May 8, 2016. Season 11 selections are priced at $48 - $53 plus a $2 per ticket fee.

A special one-night only Love Finds Judy Garland concert takes place Tuesday, February 16, 2016 featuring songstress Joan Ellison. Tickets cost $50.

Grammy-award winning singer/songwriter Melissa Manchester performs a cabaret concert on Thursday, February 18 and Friday, February 19, 2016. Tickets cost $50 and $75.

For more information or to purchase tickets, call TheatreZone at 1-888-ZONE-FLA, 1-888-966-3352 or purchase online at www.theatrezone-florida.com.

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