Tony Vita has acted in dozens of productions (dramas, comedies, musicals, opera, etc.) in over forty years in Anchorage, and directed a dozen more (with adults and with children). He appeared in several professional productions for the Alaska Reparatory Theater. He has appeared in numerous public television specials, commercials and a few network TV shows. He is also a certified stage electrician. To earn a living, Tony is an IT Consultant and Project Manager, currently working as the IT Manager for the Alaska Child Support Services Division. He also teaches classes in Quality Management and Risk Management for the Project Management Institute- Alaska Chapter. Performing with ChildFirst is one of his most rewarding and enjoyable activities.

Tiffany Hall grew up in Anchorage doing various theater camps and acting in high school and college shows. She bounced around the lower 48 for 12 years, and in graduate school found herself drawn back to the stage, this time in a social justice troupe doing playback theater. She moved back to Anchorage in 2012 and works in government affairs at Providence Health and Services, as well as volunteering for the YWCA, the Municipality and UnitedWay. Her return to the stage was through Arctic Entries, and she remembered the freedom found in performance. She was thrilled to discover the opportunity with ChildFirst and is so grateful to participate, and for the women and men committed to this important work every day.

Kelly Wilson, originally from Boston, has lived in Alaska since 1994. She is an opera singer but will sing just about anything presented to her. Kelly feels that CFA does important work and is so happy to have the opportunity to contribute to that. Life is good!

Nava Sarracino grew up in South Africa and moved to Alaska 5 years ago. She has always been passionate about the dramatic arts being used for the betterment of society. Nava was last seen at Cyranos in a one-women show called “The Syringa Tree” about a family growing up in apartheid South Africa. It was hailed as a “tour de force”. Recently she has discovered her love of storytelling and children and was involved in a Storytelling project run by the Anchorage Museum and performed in a public elementary school in New York. She considers her work with ChildFirst has been a true honor.

Vivian Melde As a life-long dance and theater performer, Vivian has been a featured artrist at Cyrano’s Off Center Playhouse in Anchorage since its doors opened with Thy Country’s Good, in which she played Black Caesar. In February 2015, she directed Eve Ensler’s Emotional Creature, which brought together a multi-ethnic cast of seven talented women between the ages of 18 and 32. In April 2015, she was one of the creators of We Came to Stay: Anchorage Untold Stories, a project celebrating the lives of immigrants who arrived in Anchorage during her centennial years, www.anchorageuntoldstories.com. In 2013 she played Maryamma, an Indian spirit guide from the netherworld, in Miss Witherspoon. In 2012, Vivian played Athena in Helen. Some of her notable roles include Sarah, the Egyptian Muslim mother in The Perfect Prayer, the 103-year old Sadie Delany in Having Our Say: The Delany Sister’s First 100 Years, and Sister Hubert, a tap-dancing nun in Nunsense. Vivian also traveled to Russia with a UAA cast of A Piece of My Heart. In 1986, Vivian performed in Lausanne, Switzerland when the Anchorage delegation vied for the 1992 Winter Olympics. She has written and performed in a one-woman show called Horse Tales, which was a 30-Something commission at Out North. She debuted as a director at Cyrano’s production of Ntozake Shange’s play, for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow ain’t enuf. In 2010 at Out North, Vivian directed a premier staged reading of The Black Cockerel, by Nigerian playwright, Ademola Bello. Vivian’s choreography has been featured in Emotional Creature, Nunsense, Big River, and for 10 years, she choreographed Enchanted World, a holiday family show of robotic human dolls from all over the world.