The Committee
Melissa Rochowska - Chair
Melissa has been involved with Epsom Players for a number of years. Her first show she was involved in was We Will Rock You where she was working backstage and saw what a friendly and talented company it was.
Melissa Has been involved in local Amateur companies since she was a young child and has loved being part of Epsom players from the age of 18. She is very passionate about musical theatre after studying it at London School of Musical Theatre and The BRIT school.
Melissa’s favourite show she has been involved in with players were Hairspray & Wedding singer.
Being the chairman comes with great responsibility and Melissa is ready and eager to welcome new and old members to the company.
Melanie Dunn - President
Melanie has been a member of Epsom Players for more years than she cares to remember. Joining as an ensemble member of the staged concert “Rodgers, Hart & Sondheim” she then danced and sang her way through many shows, including “West Side Story”, “Crazy For You” (twice), “Priscilla Queen of the Desert” and the English Amateur Premiere of “42nd Street”. Melanie has also played the occasional lead role including Sharon in “A Slice of Saturday Night”, Sugar in “Some Like It Hot” and Violet in “9 To 5”, as well as appearing in several plays over the years. Melanie joined the committee some time in the last century and in that time has held the roles of Business Manger, Secretary and Chair and also running the Social and Fundraising committee for a time. She also production managed several shows and even stage managed one! Having worked for the BBC for 20 years, including as a production manager, nowadays Melanie is a teaching assistant for SEN children
Paul Falconer - Secretary
Paul’s first show with Epsom Players was Singin’ in the Rain in 1997. He has been in over 50 shows since, in addition to directing several shows over the years. He joined the Committee in 2002 and became Chair in 2003, a position he held until 2025, except for a brief escape from 2014-16. In 2024, he helped establish, and now Chairs, the East Surrey Theatre Forum. The Forum brings together local societies who mainly perform musicals, in addition to key people from stage crew, lighting and sound to share information in a spirit of co-operation for everyone’s benefit. Favourite Epsom Players show is Hello Dolly which he directed and his wife Laura starred as Dolly Levi.
Jo Epps - Vice Chair
Darren Flick - Treasurer
Katy Jackson Barnes - Publicity & Social Media
Maddie Ruddle - Website
Steve Cox - Social Secretary
Steve has been a member of Epsom Players since the noughties. He has appeared in a number of main stage musicals as well as plays and reviews, including being MC of the recent Hollywood Harmonies.
Susanne Sinisalu - Social Secretary
Andie Curno - Equality & Diversity
Matt Barnett
Eloise Hogben