JOE DEMITA, President
Joe DeMita is one of the founders of The F.U.D.G.E Theatre Company, Inc. He graduated from Stonehill College in 2005 with a degree in Psychology. Directing credits include Jake's Women (Stonehill Theatre Company), Company (Winthrop Playmakers), and the F.U.D.G.E. productions of Once On This Island, Working, Rumors, Urinetown, Dedication or The Stuff of Dreams, I Sing!, The House of Blue Leaves, and, most recently, Into the Woods. Joe has also served as the directing intern to Rob Ruggiero at TheatreWorks Hartford on productions of The Exonerated (featuring TV/Film star Kim Fields) and the world premiere musical Ella: Off the Record (starring Broadway's Tina Fabrique). In the Boston area, Joe served as the assistant director to Adam Zahler on the Lyric Stage's production of Talley's Folly. F.U.D.G.E. Music Directing credits include Urinetown, Working, A New Brain, and Once On This Island. Joe recently began working at Runkle Extended Day in Brookline as a teacher and coordinator for the 3rd/4th grade program.
TINA CERSOSIMO, Secretary
Tina has loved the stage since she started dance lessons at age 5, but it wasn't until college where she discovered the world of theatre. A friend got her involved in the Stonehill Theatre Company, and it was there that she was lucky enough to meet the soon-to-be F.U.D.G.E. crew. Finally embracing her inner "theatre person", Tina joined F.U.D.G.E. as the Artistic Consultant of A New Brain in 2003, and has been serving as Secretary of the Executive Board since its creation in 2005. Tina graduated from Stonehill College in May 2005 with a B.A. in History and currently teaches Technology at the Susan B. Anthony School for the Arts in Revere. She is also working toward a MA in History at Salem State College. Tina's favorite on-stage moments include A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at Stonehill College, and playing Cassie in F.U.D.G.E.'s 2005 production of Rumors. Favorite off-stage moments are far too numerous to count, but include co-producing Urinetown: The Musical, co-stage managing I Sing!, and acting as Production Stage Manager for The House of Blue Leaves, Into the Woods, and Bat Boy. Tina believes that F.U.D.G.E. is truly a fun group of friends who are united developing genuine entertainment, and hopes to be with this fabulous company long into its bright future!
EMILY MAE HAYDEN, Marketing Director
Emily Mae Hayden fell in love with F.U.D.G.E. when she attended Once
On This Island the summer of 2004 and has since enjoyed moving from
the audience to backstage and running the front of house for
F.U.D.G.E. productions. She graduated from Stonehill College this May
as an Honors Stonehill Scholar with a Psychology major and Sociology
minor. While at Stonehill she served as vice-president of the
Stonehill Theatre Company junior year and co-president senior year.
Favorite acting credits at Stonehill include "Lena" in A Mouthful of
Birds and "Older Molly" in Jake's Women. In addition to acting with
the company she also stage managed, helped with publicity, and worked
as the assistant to the program director through the years. Before
graduating she was awarded a Student Life Award from the Theatre
Department and inducted into Alpha Psi Omega, the Theatre Honor
Society. Emily has a passion for theatre and loves the opportunity to
continue putting that passion to practice with F.U.D.G.E.!
SHANNON ROSA, Director of Communications
Since her stage debut as a munchkin in The Wizard of Oz, Shannon's heart has always belonged to the theatre. She is thrilled to serve as the Director of Communications for F.U.D.G.E. as well as participating in many other capacities from actress to costume designer to stage manager. Shannon is the Web Manager for the Suffolk University College of Arts and Sciences and will be entering Suffolk's Master's program in Communication and Journalism this spring. She currently holds a B.A. in English and a B.A. in Theatre Arts from Stonehill College and a M.A. in Theatre Education from Emerson College. Shannon fondly recalls her favorite roles throughout her 25 years from "Joseph" in a gender-bent production of Joseph...Dream Coat, to "Nettie Fowler" in Carousel, and to college where she embodied "Domina" in A Funny Thing...Forum and Susannah Fenwick in An Experiment With an Air Pump. Her crowning F.U.D.G.E. Theatre Co. moments were playing "Mama Euralie" in Once on This Island and Annabelle Willard in Dedication, Or The Stuff of Dreams, a role for which she was honored with a nomination for best supporting actress at this fall's EMACT DASH awards. Shannon is a true "Friend United" and would do just about anything for her company!
KACEE STAITI, Executive Committee
Kacee has been a fan of the theater since first seeing her big brother
star as "Willy Wonka" in his fifth grade production of Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory - some twenty years ago. While her brother has since
decided to put his acting talents to use as a lawyer, Kacee has
carried on in the theater world – and could not be more pleased to
have a place to do so, alongside the wonderful folks of F.U.D.G.E. A
graduate from Stonehill College, Kacee was an active member of the
Stonehill Theatre Company, and has worked on nine productions with
F.U.D.G.E. since first performing in A New Brain in 2003. She now
works as Executive Director and Assistant Repertory Acting teacher for
the Todd G. Patkin Operatunity Performing Arts Center. Some of Kacee's
favorite acting credits include: "Bananas Shaugnessy," in The House of
Blue Leaves; "Little Sally" in Urinetown: the Musical; "Chris Gorman,"
in Neil Simon's Rumors; and "Protean," in A Funny Thing Happened on
the Way to the Forum.
SAMANTHA LEBICZ, Executive Committee
Samantha began her involvement with The F.U.D.G.E. Theatre Co. during the summer of 2004 performing in Once On This Island. After that first experience, she was hooked. She continued on with F.U.D.G.E. performing in such shows as 'Dentity Crisis, Louder I Can't Hear You, Working, Urinetown: The Musical, and this past season's The House of Blue Leaves as Corrina Stroller. She has also been a member of the company's executive board since May 2006. Samantha graduated from Salve Regina University with a B.S. in Business Administration in 2006 and is currently working for Amergent, a marketing company in Peabody. Samantha has been involved with performing arts since age of... well since very young. She is so grateful to be able to continue performing and participating in theatre even after entering the very boring "real world" of being a grown-up. Samantha has made so many incredible friendships due to her involvement with F.U.D.G.E. and could not ask for a better cast of characters. F.U.D.G.E. truly does live up to its acronym, through and through!
JAMES PETTY, Executive Committee
Jim has enjoyed working with FUDGE since his first show with them, A New Brain, in 2002. Since then, he's had the pleasure to work both on and off stage in a number of FUDGE productions while completing his education. In 2005 he graduated from Stonehill College with a B.A. in Theatre Arts, and in 2007 received his M.A. in Theatre Education from Emerson College. Starting in the Fall of 2007 Jim begins his full time job as professor of technical theatre at Bristol College.
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