Nikita Danesh
Nikita Danesh is a vocal major at Cypress Lake Center for the Arts and aspiring actor. She currently appears for Belle Theatre in Encore: A Broadway Revue.
Her credits include work in the ensemble of Beauty & the Beast for Fort Myers Theatre, work in the ensemble and as a swing for the Merry Murderesses in Gypsy Playhouse’s production of Chicago, Miss Honey in Matilda, Sarabi in The Lion King and Louisa Von Trapp in The Sound Of Music, each at Fort Myers Theatre, as well as the Over-Excited Scout in Big Fish at Cypress Lake High School. She has also traveled for competition internationally, 
attending Europe’s Junior Theater Festival 2022 in Birmingham, England, where she played the part of Zazu in The Lion King and achieved ensemble awards!
At Cypress Lake, Nikita has been a member of the choir and has performed there and on the all-county level, as well as for Disney Springs. She also enjoys volunteering at Creative Theater Workshop and Lexington Middle in student vocal direction and stage management, and has been involved in work for shows such as the junior versions of Annie, Beauty and the Beast, and the complete play of Alice in Wonderland.
April 30, 2023; updated September 7, 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.