Board of Directors

Rex Davison

I’ve lived in Gig Harbor since 1992. I am a Midwest transplant, stationed at McChord AFB for 6 years. I fell in love with Gig Harbor and decided to stay after I completed my enlistment.

 I received my BA in Theater from the University of Washington. Apart from theater, I am a member of SAG (Screen Actors Guild.) which has allowed me to have been lucky enough to appear in commercials, films and television productions but my true love is live theater.

 I have been involved with local community theater in the Gig Harbor, Port Orchard area for the past 25 years. I’ve performed at Encore Theater, Paradise Theater as well as Lakewood Playhouse in Lakewood. I’ve served on a board of a local theater for 3 years and learned the ins and outs of how to put on a production such as casting, lighting, sound and set building. I’ve been involved with various fundraising events to raise money and solicited donations and sponsors for our cause. 

 My experience with community theater and my love for the performing arts has inspired me to give back to the community where I live. This passion helps build the foundation for this thriving endeavor to give back by providing quality entertainment for the residents of this beautiful, vibrant community.

Bree Kalmon

Bree has been in Gig Harbor since 2018 when her and her daughter moved here from California. She has been involved in community theater and her daughter’s theater career ever since. Between being a founding board member, tech crew, costume design and anything else that utilizes her creative side, Bree loves to do it all! She is also a photographer and graphic designer and supports the theater with both trades. She enjoys the camaraderie and sense of community that the theater brings and loves sharing the passion for the arts with her daughter and close friends. She has been and remains a dedicated, long-standing and influential board member of Ghostlight Performing Arts.

Branden Nepote

Branden is a lifelong Washington resident. He grew up in Belfair, WA and has enjoyed time both on the stage and behind the scenes. His first foray into live musical theatre performance was in 2009, as a member of the pit orchestra for the local high school production of “Seussical: The Musical”. He then took to the stage for, “The Music Man”, and has regularly found himself on stage ever since. Thanks to the Running Start program, he graduated from the Olympic College in Bremerton, WA in 2013 after studying vocal performance and taking on a leading role in Gilbert & Sullivan’s, “The Gondoliers”.  He then moved to Ellensburg, WA and obtained a degree in accounting instead. During college he found another outlet with a dance program and went on to achieve one of his longtime goals of learning ballet.  After graduating from Central Washington University with his Bachelor’s in Accounting, he moved to Seattle where he was able to establish his career as a tax accountant and joined the ranks of the Seattle Men’s Chorus. In 2020, he was fortunate to find a home in Port Orchard, WA. Branden is excited for the opportunity to bring his passion for theatre, music, dance; and, professional expertise as a CPA together as our new Financial Operations Director.

Jon O’Guin

Jonathan is a Port Orchard native, and product of the Washington theatrical scene, having first gotten interested in acting at South Kitsap High School, before going on to get one of the last degrees in theatre from WSU before their department was shuttered due to the 2008 Recession. Following that, he remained in Pullman for 4 years, helping teach the next generation of the student theatre group STAGE, and working as technical staff at both Daggy Hall and Beasley Coliseum for visiting performers, during which time he won several regional tech awards from the Kennedy Center, and mastered performing in a variety of spaces 

He has performed in Leavenworth, Bremerton, Seattle, and Pullman, and has volunteered with the majority of the local community theatre groups in the Kitsap region, where he met the majority of the rest of the board as friends and colleagues. So, he was one of the first people invited to the meetings that would serve as the formation of Ghostlight, and similarly quickly positioned as the director in charge of the group's technical needs. 

Emily Williams

Emily is a student at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma. She went to Peninsula High School in Gig Harbor and was very active in the school’s theater program. Even as a full-time student, she still makes the time to perform in many of Tacoma’s theaters.

Jessye Alfred

Member At Large

Robyn McGilvrey

Member at Large

Bella Cummings

Member at Large

Jessica Pixie Alfred is a new addition to the Key Peninsula and is celebrating her first role with Ghostlight Productions. Jessye started her theater training as a teenager, eventually earning her bachelor's degree in the subject. She hung up her spurs for a couple of decades, coming out of her soft-retirement to work on only a handful of productions including The Wizard of Oz (Wicked Witch of the West), Alice in Wonderland (the Caterpillar), and Matilda: The Musical (Mrs. Phelps) alongside her daughter, Myah (now 19). Jessye married the love of her life in 2022; the blended family now lives on Minter Bay with their two ancient shih-tzus. 

With a degree in Theatre and over 30 years of theatre experience she brings a vibrant passion for performance to every role she plays. Audiences may recognize her from standout performances as Annie Oakley in Annie Get Your Gun, Alice in The Addams Family, and most recently as Donna in A Taffeta Christmas. Offstage, She also serves on the Board of Directors for Ghostlight Performing Arts, where she helps support and shape the local theatre community.