Maliyah Mattis
Maliyah Mattis appears in the ensemble of Rent at The Belle Theatre. Maliyah’s previous stage credits include the Baker’s wife in the Stephen Sondheim classic Into the Woods at Cultural Park Theatre, Shirelle in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical at Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre, the ensemble (and as swing) in Elvis: A Musical Revolution (which represented her Broadway Palm debut), Miss Esther Sherman in Fame for Cultural Park Theatre (2023), the Princess Who Kissed a Frog in Disenchanted the Musical for The Belle Theatre (2023), Yellow Heather (Heather McNamara) in Heathers the Musical Teen Edition for The Belle Theatre (2023) and Anything Goes for North Fort Myers High School in a role that gleaned Maliyah runner-up for Outstanding Performance in a Female-Identifying Role at the 2023 High School Musical Theatre Awards.
August 24, 2023; updated July 29, 2024.
About the Author
Tom Hall is both an amateur artist and aspiring novelist who writes art quest thrillers. He is in the final stages of completing his debut novel titled "Art Detective," a story that fictionalizes the discovery of the fabled billion-dollar Impressionist collection of Parisian art dealer Josse Bernheim-Jeune, thought by many to have perished during World War II when the collection's hiding place, Castle de Rastignac in southern France, was destroyed by the Wehrmacht in reprisal for attacks made by members of the Resistance operating in the area. A former tax attorney, Tom holds a bachelor's degree as well as both a juris doctorate and masters of laws in taxation from the University of Florida. Tom lives in Estero, Florida with his fiancee, Connie, and their four cats.