Ava Spinelli Mastrone (She/Her) Originally hails from Stamford Connecticut, and is thrilled to join FST’s Acting Apprentice program. She is a recent graduate of Baldwin Wallace University with a degree in Acting and Directing. Past Productions at BW include Measure for Measure (Marianna/Justice), The Importance of Being Earnest (Gwendolen Fairfax), The Comedy of Errors (Emilia) and Boeing Boeing (Gabriella)! Ava has worked with the Cleveland Shakespeare Festival, Chagrin Arts Centre, Oklahoma Shakespearean Festival, and Great Lakes Theatre. 

Dellan Short is a current Acting Fellow with FST who made his FST debut in the Burdick New Play Festival reading of Advice by Brent Askari. Some of his previous credits include Off The Charts! and Deck The Halls at FST; Everybody at the Alliance Theatre; 9 To 5, Living Out, Legally Blonde, The Tempest, and The Secret Garden.

Julia Ruggirello is a recent graduate of Kent State University’s BFA Musical Theater Program and is so excited to be an Acting Apprentice with Florida Studio Theater! Recent credits include Maureen U/S and Alexi Darling in RENT (Kent State University), Featured Dancer in Kiss Me, Kate! (People’s Bank Theater), and Soupy Sue in URINETOWN (Kent State University). Julia is thrilled to be in Sarasota and can’t wait to keep growing and learning as a performer!

Nick James (He/him) is ecstatic to make his Florida Studio Theatre debut! A recent graduate of Columbus State University's BFA Theatre Performance program, Nick has participated in shows on both the professional and collegiate levels such as Holes (Mr. Sir), Rock of Ages (Jakeith/Mayor/Ensemble), Three Little Birds (Dr. Bird), The Color Purple (Pastor/Adam), Pipeline (Dun), and Kill.Move.Paradise (Isa).