Dede Tucker Brownlee
Dede Tucker Brownlee is a long-time (25 year) Naples resident who began volunteering at The Naples Players’ Goodlette Theatre in 1998 and has been a proud member and advocate ever since. In addition to working backstage and participating on various committees, she has performed for TNP as Liz “Pop’ and in the ensemble of Chicago (2018), as Catherine in Rapture, Blister, Burn (2018), as Gillian Holroyd in Bell, Book & Candle (2017), Annette Raleigh in God of Carnage (2015), Jackie in Mauritius, Sally Bowles in Cabaret, Charity Valentine in Sweet Charity, Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady, Me and My Girl, Anything Goes (which was represented 
her very first TNP production), and various roles in ETC … Readers Theatre. Dede also played Heather in TNP’s 2017 staged reading of Gideon’s Knot.
You may have also seen Dede in commercials for Avow Hospice (patient’s daughter), The Naples Players (a patron) and Picture Warehouse (spokesperson).
Brownlee has enjoyed a successful and varied career, including leading community programming and a large volunteer corps for the American Cancer Society in LA County, serving as Staff Educator for the NCH Healthcare System, teaching middle school in Collier County, and working over 10 years in Project Management.
Now a proud member 
of The Naples Players’ Board of Directors, Dede has volunteered locally with Cancer Alliance of Naples (CAN), Naples Basket Brigade, First Tee of Naples and sings in the Cornerstone Methodist Choir. Brownlee has also served as Principal Host in corporate training programs at Soma and Harley Davidson, as part of a national marketing campaign for London Bay Homes, the company spokesperson/lead talent in web/video/audios for End User University and 4What Interactive and the principal/host in a JP Morgan 
Chase phone training program.
Born and raised in Buffalo, New York, Dede graduated with a Bachelor of Science from Wake Forest University and Master of Public Health from Boston University.
Brownlee will appear next for The Studio Players in the role of Chelsea in On Golden Pond.
February 7, 2021.
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.