Nicholas Salerno
Nicholas Salerno is one of Southwest Florida’s most accomplished young actors. He has appeared in numerous productions both in professional and community theaters throughout Southwest Florida. He plays slain younger brother Timmy for Theatre Conspiracy at the Alliance for the Arts in Adam Szymkowicz’s noir comedy Clown Bar.
His Broadway Palm Dinner Theater credits include Michael in Elf, 
Randy in A Christmas Story, Theo in Pippin, Michael Banks in Mary Poppins, Young Erik in Phantom, Tommy Bailey in It’s a Wonderful Life, Tiny Tim in A Christmas Carol, Winthrop in Music Man, Jerome in South Pacific and a member of the children’s choir in Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat, as well as JoJo in Seussical and Dalmatian in 101 Dalmatians for Broadway Palm’s Children’s Theater. He was also seen as Thor in The Nerd in the Off Broadway Palm, Michael 
Banks in Mary Poppins for Florida Repertory Theatre, Jerome in South Pacific for Gulf Coast Symphony and Tiny Tim in A Christmas Carol for Herb Strauss Theater.
His community theater credits include B in Sanctuary City for Theatre Conspiracy at the Alliance for the Arts; Leon Czolgosz (the man who assassinated President William McKinley) in Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins, Dusty in Burnt Part Boys, Pavel in I Never Saw Another Butterfly and Abel/Japheth in Children of Eden for Alliance Youth Theater; 
James in James and The Giant Peach, Peter in Pinkalicious and Jimmy in Miracle Worker for City Scenes Theater; Gavroche in Les Miserable and Winthrop in Music Man for Cultural Park Theater; and Trunchbull in Matilda, Harold Hill in Music Man, Eric in Little Mermaid Jr., Hans in Frozen Jr. and Chum in Finding Nemo Jr. for Melody Lane Performing Arts Center.
He was also seen in the ensemble of 42nd Street and Michael Banks in Mary Poppins at North Fort Myers High School and Michael Banks in Mary Poppins for Charlotte High School.
February 12, 2022; revised November 2, 2023.
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.