2025-26 Season Launch Party Contributors

Alan Kitty (Founder) has appeared as Mark Twain on stage and film since 1979. His original works for the stage have been produced in NYC, Houston, Florida and on tour. His popular lecture series on all things Twain has been a feature of Continuing Education programming in Libraries, Schools and Communities in Florida and beyond. Locally he has worked at Banyan Theatre, TreeFort, Theatre Odyssey, Players and Venice Theatres.

Lee Gundersheimer has built and run theaters in NYC, and has performed around the country. He has taught acting, playwriting, and directing at five universities. He has worked at TreeFort, Manatee PAC, Theatre Odyssey, and Sarasota Jewish Theater. His I Been There Before was part of the Society’s reading series last year.

Jill Schroeder is a native Minnesotan who doesn't sound like she stepped out of Fargo. Favorite recent roles include turns with Theatre Odyssey, Amanda in The Glass Menagerie (Manatee Players), Karis in Parallel Lives (The Studio@620), and Gert Kurnitz in Sarasota Jewish Theatre's Lost in Yonkers. Jill created the role of Eve in the premiere of Original Sin.

Kevin Fewell worked 40 years in Kansas City with New Theatre Restaurant, Coterie Theatre, and Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre. He co-founded, produced, directed and acted in works for Missouri Legends Productions. As president of Union Cemetery Historical Society in Kansas City, Missouri, he produced works based on the city’s founders and early settlers.