TheatreZone Sets SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS Cast

TheatreZone artistic director Mark Danni has cast two veteran TheatreZone male vocalists he believes can deliver on legendary Broadway composer Marvin Hamlisch's final score for Sweet Smell of Success, the not-for-profit Equity theatre group's Season 11 opening musical production. The 10-day run takes place January 7 through January 17, 2016.

The main characters are Equity actors Gerritt VanderMeer, (Whistle Down the Wind, Grand Hotel and Next to Normal) in the role of the self righteous and combative, genuinely intimidating period gossip-meister J.J. Hunsecker, and Daniel Schwab (Little Women, Grand Hotel, and 110 in the Shade) as his sycophantic protégé, the power-hungry flack Sidney Falco.

TheatreZone newcomer Lana Neuman and Tim Russell have been cast as the consistently and morally upstanding lovelorn ingenues, Susan -- Hunsecker's smothered and lingering sad sister and Dallas, the slandered jazz musician. Carolann Sanita (Tracey in High Society) performs as Rita, Falco's long suffering waitress-turned-girlfriend with a past.

The Ensemble cast, responsible for creating tension through song and dance, consists of Brent Kuenning, Dave Thome, Adolpho Blaire, Josh Kolb, Pierre Tannous, Megan Jimenez, Juliet Jewett, Kayley Stevens and Alana Ferraro.

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.

Call TheatreZone at 1-888-ZONE-FLA, 1-888-966-3352 or purchase online at www.theatrezone-florida.com. The on site Box Office will be open Tuesdays from 10 am until 1 pm.

Season 11 tickets with the subscriber series (four shows) and a mini series (3 shows) are available. Individual tickets are priced at $48 - $53 plus a $2 per ticket fee.