Jay Terzis
Jay Terzis is a local actor. Nominated by Broadway World as Southwest Florida Performer of the Decade, Jay has performed with The Naples Players, The Studio Players, The Marco Players the Island Theater Group and the CFABS Community Players. He has studied drama with Diane Davis in Naples. In New York City, he has studied drama at the Sedgwick Russell Studio and appeared in a number of Off Broadway readings.
He appears in the role of exuberant Staff Sergeant “Froggy” LeSueur for Arts Center Theatre in Larry Shue’s The Foreigner. Previous roles included the telephone repairman in Neil Simon’s Barefoot in the Park, Howard Fine in The Studio Players’ production of The Waverly 
Gallery, Vanya in Vanya and Sonya and Masha and Spike for The Studio Players and a milquetoast husband in Flamingo Court for The Marco Players.
In a former life he was a musician and an orthodontist in New Jersey.
January 5, 2021; revised April 27, 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.