Kelli (Director/) is a long time resident of New England where she has enjoyed a forty year career in the performing arts. As a director, Kelli has gained distinction at the Rochester Opera House, bringing them their first Spotlight Awards for her direction of Annie. As a freelance theatre artist, Kelli boasts more than 80 major works as a director, 50 major works as a performer and an additional 25 major works as a designer. Other work in educational theatre includes 12 years of teaching Theatre Arts in the Excel program for the Noble School System. It is here that Kelli also serves as the Noble High School theatre director, bringing a skill based approach to the theatre department and enabling the students to win titles in the Maine One Act Festival competitions for the past four years.

Kathy enjoys many roles in the Noble High School Theater program including producer, pit director, pianist and more. She started 12 years ago with the production of "Music Man" and has loved seeing many of the students go on to careers in the arts and become colleagues as well. Festival, and UNH. She is the director of music at St Thomas' Church in Dover. She teaches piano at the Portsmouth Music and Arts Center and is the director of music for Camp CenterStage in Livermore, Maine. Kathy lives in Dover with her husband Greg and dachshund Hannah.

Madeleine Dunning (Choreographer) is thrilled to be a part of The Little Mermaid at Noble this year. A Maine native, Madeleine graduated from Noble High School in 2019. She was a part of many Noble productions, and is honored to return to her alma mater, and contribute to this show. She recently graduated as a dance major at the University of New Hampshire, she’s well-practiced in Musical Theatre Dance, Ballet, Contemporary, Lyrical, Modern, Jazz, Tap, Hip-Hop, Dance Movement Therapy, Dance Improvisation, Dance Pedagogy, and more. She is excited to be a part of the world of choreography and teaching. A few of her past choreography credits include Little Shop of Horrors, The Prom and Cinderella (Noble High School), Footloose (Dance Captain) at the Rochester opera house, Grease the Musical at Garrison players, the choreographers showcase at Nazareth College, and Spotlight Dance Project in Somersworth, NH where she continues to dance and teach. Aside from choreographing, Madeleine enjoys spending her time on the stage! Some of her past roles include Footloose (Prescott Park), The National Tour of a Christmas Carol (Tiny Tim), Into the Woods (Little Red Riding Hood), Once Upon a Mattress (Queen Aggravain) and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Veruca Salt).