Sh-Boom! Life Could Be a Dream at Music & Arts Community Center

Bear Manescalchi (He/They) most recently appeared as music producer Sam Phillips in Million Dollar Quartet (Southwest Florida Theatre Company), and has previously played the more problematic producer, Phil Spector, on The Tina Tour. Bear barbershopped as Jacey Squires in The Music Man with Gulf Coast Symphony in 2024, and additional credits include many Frankie Valli’s in Jersey Boys, including the Broadway Palm Production, Seymour in Little Shop, Ogie in Waitress, Motel in Fiddler, Hector in Murder on the Orient Express, and Watson in Baskerville. He also sang and performed on Disney Cruise Line and at Universal Japan. Instagram: @bearquat3

Paul Hernandez’s credits include Frozen, Aladdin and Disney’s Believe (Disney Cruise Line), The Music Man (Argyle Theatre), Guys and Dolls (La Comedia), She Loves Me (The Princeton Festival), West Side Story (Edinburgh International Festival), Fiorello!, Cabaret and Sweeney Todd (Manhattan School of Music), South Pacific (JWM Theatricals), Broadway’s Rising Stars (Town Hall), and Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame(Paper Mill Playhouse). Education: Manhattan School of Music, Juilliard. IG: @pauljhernandez

Kyle Brace is excited to be back with the SWFL Theatre Company. Audiences will remember Kyle from the 2024 SWFL Theatre Company production of Route 66 and Gulf Coast Symphony’s 2024 production of The Music Man (Oliver Hix). Kyle also performed in the Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre’s 2023 production of Jersey Boys (Hank / others). Kyle’s national tour credits include South Pacific (bass soloist / ensemble) and An American in Paris (ensemble). Additional favorite credits include Forestburgh Playhouse’s production of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Low Righteous Brother), Oklahoma! (Jud Fry), Chicago (Billy Flynn), and other productions of Jersey Boys, in which he’s played Nick Massi twice. @kcbbrace @kylebracephotography | kylebrace.com

Griffin is so excited to once again perform with the SWFL Theatre Company! Griffin is a NYC-based actor, certified personal trainer, and track & field coach, with a BFA in Musical Theatre from The Hartt School. Audiences will remember Griffin in the 2025 SWFL Theatre Company production of Camelot (Sir Dinadan), and the Gulf Coast Symphony’s 2025 production of West Side Story (Action). Griffin’s regional theatre credits include Legally Blonde (Warner Huntington III), Grease (Kenickie / dance captain), Curtains (Bobby Pepper), and Jersey Boys (Nick Massi / dance captain). @griffincole15 | griffincoleactor.com

Alexandra Shephard is so excited to be back with the SWFL Theatre Company. Her previous credits include Gulf Coast Symphony’s production of She Loves Me at the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall, and, notably, the MACC’s inaugural production, I Do! I Do! – during which she got engaged to her co-star and now husband, Adam, on the MACC stage! Other regional highlights: Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey); Rent (Maureen); Assassins 2x (Squeaky Fromme); Company (April); Jersey Boys 6x (Mary Delgado, Lorraine); Rathskeller: A Musical Elixir (Becca); School of Rock (Patty DiMarco); Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (u/s Cynthia Weil); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Hermia – BroadwayWorld Award Winner for Best Performer in a Play); Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas; and the world premiere of A Simple Romance (The Youth), a new musical based on Shakespeare’s sonnets. @alexshep | alexandrashephard.com