Kinley Gomez
Based on her performance as Abigail Williams in Lab Theater’s production of The Crucible, Kinley Gomez is an emerging star in the Southwest Florida theater scene. She first appeared at The Lab in the Vagina Monologues (“Ask a 6 Year Old”), as well as the 24-hour playwriting challenge. She has also performed in the ensemble of Willy Wonka and Big River for Florida Repertory Theatre, Alice in Wonderland Jr. (Rose) for Creative Theater Workshop (CTW) and numerous shows at Canterbury School, including 22 Pebbles, Nine Worst Breakups (Wilma), Alfie Dungworth: A Day in the Life of a Daydreamer 
(Crypta), The Great Pecan (Priscilla), Legally Blonde (Enid) and #Viral (Troll). Kinley also hosted the 2019 Canterbury Talent Show.
Kinley is a member of the International Thespian Society and accomplished in improv. “I take improv classes through Second City in Chicago, which is the best comedy school in the country – where all the SNL people get their start. I take classes online, and whenever I’m in Chicago I go to their show. That’s one of the things I’m inspired by and put a lot of time into.”
She also aspires to become a screenwriter and playwright.
Her many 
talents include not only stage combat, but swordsmanship. Having started at the age of nine, she is now an experienced fencer and assistant to Coach Charlie Johnson at the Southwest Florida Fencing Academy.
“When I tell people I fence, they think I do side jobs where I install fences around people’s yards,” she jokes. “I coach at my school for elementary and middle school kids. I spend two 
hours after school every Thursday teaching drills and techniques, shaping them as better fencers. I also attend their competitions, standing by to provide directions and pointers.”
Kinley maintains that height (she’s only 5′) is no drawback. “Shorter people are usually quicker and it’s harder to defend upward thrusts.”
You can follow Kinley on Instagram and Facebook.
September 26, 2019; revised May 28, 2020.
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.