A Goodnight Kiss at Goshen Players Playhouse

David is grateful to return to Goshen for A Goodnight Kiss. Recent roles include Sal Morella in North Shore Fish and George Aaronow in Glengarry Glen Ross, both at Diamond Theatre Company, and Mr Darcy in Pride & Prejudice at The Little Theatre of Manchester. Away from the stage, David is an artist, media producer, and yoga teacher from Waterbury. He would like to thank Kathy and Cinzi for the opportunity to originate this character, and his wife, Shannon, for her support.

Recently seen at Goshen Players as Peggy in The Women, Olivia Wadsworth has performed in various theatre productions. Her favorite roles include Renfield in Dracula and Susan in Wait Until Dark, both with the Warner Stage Company. She works as a book buyer.

Robert Kwalick has performed in and directed numerous plays across a career spanning five decades. Favorite roles include Snoopy in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, the title role in Tartuffe, Truffaldino in The Servant of Two Masters, and his role in The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Shakespeare (Abridged) at Goshen Players, where he also serves on the board of directors. Robert has directed comedies, dramas, musicals, classics, and devised pieces and holds an MFA in Acting as well as a graduate certificate in Arts Administration.

John, after a lifetime filled with not accomplishing much (his memoir—if he had any ambition in writing it—would be entitled How to Do Nothing Without Really Trying Very Hard), has found time to do theater.

Joel returns to the Goshen Players stage once again, but does it count as returning if he never really left? Joel's past performances include Tony/Big Deal in Landmark Community Theatre’s West Side Story, Scott in Goshen Players’ Disaster! and Tiny Tom in Goshen Players' recent production of Urinetown. He would like to thank Robert Kwalick for putting in a good word for him so he could be a part of this production.

Harmony holds a B.A. in Theatre from Connecticut College. She has performed in numerous productions in Connecticut and New York. Favorite roles include Miss Havisham in Great Expectations, Beth in Merrily We Roll Along, Fastrada in Pippin, and Miriam Aarons in The Women.

Veronica (Roni) Gelormino teaches drama for Torrington Public Schools. She has appeared in What's Cooking? in Goshen and in the role of Trish in Kinky Boots at Landmark Theatre, where she was also Ensemble in The Addams Family and Mrs. Potts in Beauty and the Beast. She read the part of Donna in Cinzi Lavin’s Whitewash and Mortar at Bantam Cinema & Arts Center. She has also performed at The Warner Theatre as Annie Wilkes in Misery and she played Mrs. MacAffee in Bye Bye Birdie at Seven Angels Theatre last summer. Roni recently directed her middle-school students in The Wizard of Oz. She is very excited to be part of this production.

Cinzi Lavin is the internationally acclaimed award-winning creator and producer of several full-length original musical dramas, novels, and numerous theatrical works which have been produced around the U.S. and abroad. Her professional background includes experience as an actress, singer, theatrical producer, instrumental performer, choral conductor, educator, writer, and composer. In 2010, she performed by invitation at the White House. In 2020, she was honored with an award from the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) for her influence on American culture and she has been voted into the National League of American Pen Women for distinction in both Letters and Music. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Actor/director Kathy Kelly has appeared in numerous film, stage, and TV productions as well as co-starring in an Emmy Award-winning TV series. Her directorial credits include professional regional productions of Guys and Dolls, Arsenic and Old Lace, and Man of La Mancha, as well as off-Broadway productions. Her past experience in arts education involves teaching positions at both SUNY Farmingdale and in Long Island University’s prestigious Theatre Department. An expert in body-language, she offers private consulting. She is a proud member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) and Actors’ Equity Association. She makes her home in Litchfield County, Connecticut.