KELLY SHOEMAKER
After spending her second summer as a singing "waitri" at the Show Place Ice Cream Parlour as well as working on the Surflight mainstage, Kelly is delighted to return for her second year as a member of the Surflight to Go cast. A native "Cheesehead," Kelly is a proud graduate of the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay with a BA in Vocal Performance. After relocating to the Big Apple, she also completed a Performance Degree in Musical Theatre from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City. Aside from traveling across the state of New Jersey bringing quality children's theatre to a school near you, Kelly has enjoyed performing other roles, such as Guenevere in Camelot, Meg March in Little Women, Pam in Baby, Little Red Ridinghood in Into the Woods, and Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes. Forever grateful of the support from her amazing family and friends, Kelly would also like to thank her Surflight family (especially her STG partners in crime), and hopes to bring a show to your school soon!

LAURIE SELIGMAN
A New Jersey native, Laurie is ecstatic to be embarking on her Surflight career as a member of Surflight To Go, bringing exceptional theatre to young audiences all over her home state! She is a proud recent graduate of Montclair State University, where she received her BFA in Theatre, with a concentration in Musical Theatre. Favorite past productions include Crazy For You, Guys and Dolls, Peter Pan, Paper Mill's annual New Voices concert, and Give My Regards to Broadway, a musical extravaganza performed alongside students at the Shanghai Theatre Academy in Shanghai, China. Laurie has also been privileged enough to take part in several benefits and cabarets at various Manhattan locations, including Don’t Tell Mama’s. Laurie sends her thanks and love to her wonderful family and friends, and all those at Surflight, especially her STG family, who have made her time here thus far simply amazing!

DARIN POLLA
Darin looks forward to his third year here at the Surflight Theater and his continued work in schools and venues across the state with Surflight To Go! You may have seen him on Surflight's stage this fall in The 1940's Radio Hour (B.J. Gibson), several roles in The Man Who Came to Dinner, and several more roles in Ebenezer. You may also have seen him through the summer months wearing a striped vest, bow tie, and an ever-so-slightly-too-excited look in his eye, as he is a battle-hardened veteran of the Show Place Ice Cream Parlour. Some favorite regional credits include john & jen, Nunsense A-Men (Sister Amnesia), Noises Off (Garry), Tintypes (Charlie), Camelot (Mordred), Honk! (Ugly), and Cabaret (Emcee). Darin is thankful for his family and their endless support, and so very grateful to his friends (you know who you are!) without whom none of the above would have been possible.

DAWN LOVELAND
Dawn is very excited to be the STG stage manager! She began working at Surflight Theatre in August as an arts management intern. Previously she was at the Berkshire Theatre Festival where she was the assistant to the director for The Einstein Project and directed a reading of Winterset by Maxwell Anderson. She also worked at St. Michael’s Playhouse as an arts administration intern and stage manager for their productions for children. Dawn recently graduated from Middlebury College with a B.A. in Theatre focused on directing, and minors in Music and Philosophy. Experiences there include directing Megan Terry’s Comings and Goings, Edward Albee’s Zoo Story, and several student written pieces; stage managing Jumpers by Tom Stoppard, among other shows; and being the leader of the student theatre space. Dawn was also the music director of her college a cappella group, The Paradiddles, and has done choreography for several children’s productions.