Anna Grilli
Anna Grilli is a talented local actor who next appears in the role of Vera for Belle Theatre in Odd Couple: Female Version. Anna’s stage credits include Dunn in Men on Boats, Emma in The Role of Della in the Alliance’s production of Auditions, Diners and Weddings, Ginny in 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche for Theatre Conspiracy at the Alliance for the Arts, Much the Miller’s Son in Marian, or the True Tale of Robin Hood, Bianca in The Taming, Suzanne in Don’t Dress for Dinner, General Matilda Cartwright in Guys and Dolls, Prudy Pingleton in Hairspray, Cecily Pigeon in The Odd Couple, and being part of the ensemble in Chicago.
Anna actually 
started out learning to play the piano at the age of six, but it would be some two decades later before she took voice lessons and began to perform on stage.
Grilli has also appeared in two filmed productions. She starred with bestie Shelley Sanders in Steven Michael Kennedy’s short film, Enough, for the 2021 Lab Theater 24-Hour Screenwriting Project. And ruing the interminable COVID-19 pandemic, she appeared in the Alliance for the Arts’ The Best Seats in Your House video production of Ken Preuss’ Taking Sum Lumps.
In contrast to her life on stage, 
the Minnesota transplant’s day job may seem to some to be rather mundane. A former IRS agent, she works as an auditor at Stroemer & Company LLC.
October 4, 2019; revised August 9, 2022.
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.