South Street Players - A Central Jersey Tradition since 1982

Meet the Executive Board of Directors	History	Performances	Funding

	Bill King Chairman Allenhurst, New Jersey Board Member since 1998 Accomplishments as a Player Acting: Fifth of July, The Sunshine Boys. Director: A Few Good Men, Second Time Around, Twelve Angry Men. Accomplishments Elsewhere Degrees: One year towards a graduate degree in directing at Mason Gross School of the Arts. Personal Message Bill's other interests are creative writing, walking, and biking. He has been employed for the past three years as an Account Manager for Micro Warehouse. "It is an honor to be involved in theatre. The art form is one of the highest forms of communication that I know and I am proud to be a part of it."

	Felix M. Truex Vice-Chairman Allenhurst, New Jersey Board Member since 2008. Accomplishments as a Player Behind the scenes: Liaison for our Welsey Hall performance space. Often helps with set construction, prop appropriation for productions i.e. more recently "Harvey" and "Of Mice and Men." Accomplishments Elsewhere Lyricist and Pianist: As a professional Cabaret performer, Mr. Truex has worked as Musical Director at Mater Dei High School for their Spring Theater productions for over five years. He also serves as Vice President of Cabaret For Life, a not for profit charitable organization serving people with life threatening illnesses. He serves full-time as Choir/music director and organist at St. Andrew's United Methodist Church, Spring Lake, NJ.

	Fran Raleigh Treasurer Colts Neck, New Jersey Board Member since 1985 Accomplishments as a Player Acting: Hound of the Baskervilles, God's Favorite, Our Town, On Golden Pond (twice), Who the Hell is Abner Bell?, Let's Break Open the Beaujolais, The Census Taker, The Octette Bridge Club, The Importance of BSE, Arsenic & Old Lace, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Cliffhanger Sewing: Many costumes, drapes, and curtains. Accomplishments Elsewhere Board of Directors: Theatre X-Change Personal Message Fran is an excellent seamstress, enjoys the theatre, playing bridge, and traveling. Her retirement from Bellcore, after twenty-one years of employment, is well deserved. She is married to James, a mother of two children, and has two grandchildren.

	Robert Scott Sullivan Producer, Tri-State Theatre Festival Board Member since 2010 Accomplishments as a Player Acting: Lombard in And Then There Were None; the dual roles of Henry & Oliver in Spider's Web (2010 NJACT Perry Award Nomination); David O. Selznick in Moonlight & Magnolias; Henry in Frankenstein. Producer: The Annual Tri-State Theatre Festival Accomplishments Elsewhere Acting: Midsummer Night's Dream (Bottom) , Moon Over Buffalo (Paul), Torch Song Trilogy (Arnold), Complete Works of Wm. Shakespeare…Abridged (Daniel), The Bacchae (Pentheus), and Nice Guys Finish… (Stevie). Personal Message Rob has acted in numerous theatrical & video productions and has written plays produced in the US & Canada: Destinations, Love of Your Life, Eve, & Beer for Breakfast. For TV, he wrote the pilot episode of “That’s Disgusting!” a children’s series for Discovery Kids. Prior to this, he worked at the NYC soap Guiding Light. He has directed various full-lengths, one-acts, and children’s shows. Rob has an M.S. in Broadcasting Production/B.S. in Business from Boston University.

	Louis Palermo Board Member Freehold, New Jersey Member since 1983. Accomplishments as a Player Acting: Juror 11 - Twelve Angry Men Director: The Sunshine Boys Personal Message Louis "Louie" Palermo has been a member of South Street Players for much of The Players' history, since The Players' second production in 1983. He has acted in a directed many of the Players' productions over the course of our history. After some recent time away, Louis is back and happy to be here. He is a resident of Freehold Township where he owns and operates his own beauty salon.

	Edward Zyjewski Board Member, Technical Director Spring Lake Heights, New Jersey Board Member since 2007 Accomplishments as a Player Acting: A Few Good Men (Sam Weinberg), The Glass Menagerie (Gentleman Caller) Technical Director: Lights and Sound on numerous productions with The Players Personal Message Edward has worked with the Players in various capacities since 1994. He's been a board member since 2007. Other than acting credits he's managed the lights and sound on various SSP productions for nearly 20 years. Ed enjoys the challenge of editing and creating sound effects for shows as well as creating practicals and providing various on-stage artifacts. Jack-of-all-trades is his specialty. He also manages the SSP website along with Rob and distributes SSP event emails to our subscribers. Reach Ed at edz@southstreetplayers.org

	Casey C. Woods Board Member Spring Lake, New Jersey Board Member since 2018 Personal Message Casey lives in Spring Lake with his supportive and understanding wife, a very supportive dog, and several occasionally supportive cats. Thanks to everyone for supporting your local community theater.

	Jeri Georger Board Member Toms River, New Jersey Board Member since 2018 Accomplishments as a Player Acting:Over The River And Through The Woods (Emma), Then There Were None (Ethel), Picnic (Irma). Accomplishments Elsewhere Jeri has been involved in all aspects of the theatre from on stage to back stage throughout New Jersey. Some of her favorite roles are You Can't Take It With You (Essie), George M (Mrs. Cohan) and Rumors (Chris). She also was 2nd Runner Up in 2016 and 4th Runner Up in 2018 in the Ms. Senior NJ Pageant. Personal Message Getting involved in the theatre started out to be a hobby but now has become her passion. She loves giving back to the community but what she receives back is priceless.

	Annette Curran Board Member Toms River, New Jersey Member since 2019 Accomplishments as a Player Actor: Steel Magnolias, Arsenic & Old Lace, Driving Ms. Crazy, Because Peter Pan Director: Sylvia, TSTF: 2016, 2017, 2018 Writer: Driving Ms Crazy for TSTF Accomplishments Elsewhere Acting: Most recent acting performances in Into The Woods, Driving Miss Daisy, Cemeteries, Garlic Knots & Other Things, Man of La Mancha & The Wit and Wisdom of Shakespeare. Stage Manager: Not with Haste (touring production), Proper Etiquette, Mr. Marmalade Personal Message Annette is proud to be on the board at SSP. She has been acting, directing and writing for Community Theater at the Jersey Shore for the last decade. Her two sons, Rocky and Anthony, are her proudest accomplishment and she is grateful to her husband John for his support over the years.