Board Members
Jill Sullivan
President
After a lifetime of coast theatre involvement from Moss Point Children’s Th eater, JC Players, and TheatreUSA to Walter Anderson Players, Biloxi Little Theatre, Center Stage, Jill now proudly serves as President of Singing River River Little Theatre. She has also previously directed, assistant directed, and acted in “Blithe Spirit”, “Plaza Suite”, “A Nice Family Christmas”, and “Dearly Departed”. Mrs. Sullivan teaches
theatre at Pascagoula High School, and is excited for her theatre worlds to collide in their first ever collaboration! Jill enjoys spending time with her husband Cory and son Remy.
Kathy Roberts
Secretary
Kathy is a native of Wichita Falls, Texas. A retired Physician Assistant, she moved with her husband, Rick, to Pascagoula in 2020. Kathy’s involvement with theater began in the 60s. After a long hiatus due to family and career, Kathy is excited to once again be involved with theatre and to return to the stage.
Joelle May
Treasurer
Joelle is from Ohio and has been involved in theater for over 15 years. Since being on the coast she has appeared onstage in several productions at Center Stage, such as And Then There Were None; Comic Potential; as well as Stage Managed. She has appeared on stage at Biloxi Little Theatre in CLUE, directed the hit The Red Velvet Cake Wars, and is currently the stage manager for Kinky Boots. She has directed Neil Simon’s Plaza Suite for SRLT, and was in A Nice Family Christmas. She is set to direct A Christmas Story and Neil Simon’s Rumors at SRLT. She is very excited to help start a community theater from the ground up and is excited to see the enthusiasm and what happens for the future.
Maribel Myers
Publicity
Maribel is a Bilingual Native of New York State who currently lives in Grand Bay, AL but don’t hold all that against her! A Yankee who has lived on the Gulf Coast since 1991. She is a Project Engineer in the Planning Yard with the Supervisor of Shipbuilding Gulf Coast (US Navy) here in Pascagoula. She has been a civil servant for over thirty-five years. In an attempt to meet new people, she jumped head first into the thriving arts scene here on the Mississippi Gulf Coast first by attending productions and then by participating in them both on and off stage: she sang and acted with the Gulf Coast Opera Chorus (1993-2001), Gulf Coast Little Theatre (2003), and Walter Anderson Players (2004-2010). She was also on the board of directors for Coast Performing Arts (2001-2003). Most recently she appeared in SRLT’s The Mousetrap, Dearly Departed, and The Edgar Allen Poe Afterlife Radio Show. As a recent empty nester. since her son is off at Mississippi State, she also volunteers as the Pack Committee Chair for Pack 504 (Pascagoula), Assistant Scoutmaster for Troop 191G (Gulfport), Vice President of Education for Bienville Toastmasters (Biloxi), and Core Team member for CYO at Sacred Heart Catholic Church (Pascagoula).
Richard Lucas
Member
Rick Roberts
Member
Rick Roberts, a native of Pascagoula, Rick is a retired U. S. Dept. of State Senior Foreign Service Officer. While growing up he appeared in numerous productions with the former PasPoint Little Theater, PHS, and the Cabaret dinner theater in the late 60s/early 70s. After leaving Pascagoula in 1972 Rick continued to perform, first at Ole Miss then at various community theaters around the world. Among his favorite roles are Einstein in Arsenic and Old Lace, Felix in The Odd Couple, and multiple characters in the two person show, Greater Tuna. Rick and his wife, Kathy, a retired Physician Assistant, have 5 children. Their youngest son, Luke Spencer Roberts, is living the dream as a working actor/ writer/ director in L.A. After 50 years away, Rick is happy to be back performing in Pascagoula again.