Beverly has been working in NJ community theatre since 2007. Some on-stage credits include Something Rotten, Miss Saigon, Born Yesterday, Damn Yankees, The Wiz, King and I, and The Sound of Music. Her production credits include stage management for Seussical, 13! the Musical (Perry Award winner for stage management), Boy from Oz, Catch Me If You Can, The Antipodes, Matilda the Musical and producer credits including Kelsey Forward… Out of the Box (online on youtube), Ordinary Days, MTI’s Raise Your Voice to name a few.

She feels fortunate to have met her fellow board members and is grateful to be taking this journey with them.

Happy to be a part of the founding team of Thank You 5 Productions, Evan is no stranger to working backstage. He has been the Sound Designer for many Kelsey Theatre productions including most recently, Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, Beautiful: The Carol King Musical and Matilda the Musical. He has won and been nominated for numerous Perry Awards and Kelsey Awards for sound and enjoys working backstage assisting with building and lighting.

Sheilla Kraft is excited to be involved in a theatre company that strives for inclusivity, with opportunities for people to explore their talents, whether it be on the stage or off.

Recent credits include Something Rotten (MPOnStage) and Catch Me If You Can (Pennington Players) at Kelsey. She has over 60 productions under her belt in her lifetime, mostly on stage, and has dance captained and choreographed, and chips in where needed, as stage crew or set construction. Other favorite credits include Miss Saigon (North American Tour, Big League Theatricals), Aida (MPOnstage), Children of Eden (GB Productions), Jesus Christ Superstar (Phoenix Productions), and Once On This Island (Villagers Theatre).

She is a mother of two girls who take ten dance classes between them, and is very excited they share her passions.

Fabiola started her community theatre foray working backstage with the Mercer Theatre and Dance Student Productions at Mercer County Community College. Since then, she has expanded into different backstage roles throughout her career. Production credits include Props Coordinator for NJ Boheme Opera for Rigoletto, Madame Butterfly and most recently, Carmen. Other production credits include Disney’s Newsies (Assistant Stage Manager), Kelsey Forward… Out of the Box (Co-Stage Manager), Ordinary Days (Stage Manager), Laramie Project (Assistant Stage Manager) MTI’s Pure Imagination (Stage Manager), RENT (Production Manager) alongside a plethora of other productions working in other backstage capacities.

Laurie has been active in New Jersey Community Theater for almost twenty years. Equally comfortable on and offstage, she shifts between the roles of director, music director and performer. Some recent directing highlights include Matilda the Musical (MPOnstage), Ordinary Days (Kelsey Theatre), and Catch Me if You Can (Pennington Players). She is very proud to have music directed a variety of productions, including Something Rotten (MPOnstage, Perry Nominated), Avenue Q (MPOnstage, Perry Nominated) and The Pirates of Penzance (PinnWorth Productions, Kelsey Award Winner). Onstage roles include Sandra (Big Fish, Playful Productions) and Dot (Sunday in the Park with George, PinnWorth Productions) and Emma Goldman (Ragtime, Pennington Players). Laurie is especially excited to be starting this new TY5P journey with some of her favorite collaborators and friends. She is committed to fostering an inclusive and welcoming environment in all of her work and values the relationships she has formed through community theater. When not working on a show, Laurie is a music teacher in the Pennsbury School District, wife, mother and dog butler.