Theater 152: Rise Up
Summary
A young woman impulsively goes on a retreat----but it’s not exactly what she had in mind.
Writer
Allie Costa
Allie Costa is an actor, writer, director, and singer working in film, TV, theatre, and voiceover. Her credits include Spring Awakening, 90210, Alien vs. Musical, Future Shock, Slayers: A Buffyverse Story, and You Me & Her. She's also appeared in commercials and podcasts, narrated audiobooks and documentaries, and lent her voice to video games and animated projects. Her work has been produced internationally, including the critically acclaimed Two Girls, Don't Shoot the Messenger Pigeon, Music of the Mind, Boxes Are Magic, and Can You Keep a Secret? Occasionally, she sleeps.
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Allie Costa
Director
Rachel Berney Needleman
Rachel Berney Needleman is a director and dramaturg for new plays and classical work. As a director: 4 Minutes by DJ Hills (MeetCute LA 2022), Playground-LA (2021-22 Season), Theresa Rebeck’s What We’re Up Against (Pacific Resident Theatre Co-op), Cabaret Noel with Gigi Bermingham (Antaeus Theatre Co. and Skylight Theatre), Five Second Chances by Mattie Brickman (PRT Co-op), Cowgirls by Mildred Lewis (EST-LA), The Space Between (The Braid). Rachel has directed new play readings and workshops at The Blank, EST-LA, Skylight and Theatricum Botanicum. Her dramaturg credits include Antaeus (Diana of Dobson’s, Cloud 9, Henry IV) and Arizona Theatre Company (At Wit’s End). Rachel is also a co-author of the LA Anti-Racist Theatre Standards.
Rachel Berney Needleman
Tiana Randall-Quant
Tiana Randall-Quant is a second-generation Angeleno trying to change the narrative that “LA is not a theatre town”. Her goal is to create theatre that gives a glimpse into a world full of love, healing, and justice. Her creative focus revolves around uplifting the voices of the underrepresented and marginalized, particularly that of queer Black women. Her biggest inspirations include Audre Lorde, Josephine Baker, and her sister Jade. She is currently co-artistic Director of AMMO Theatre, a co-drafter of the new LA ARTS Document, and a co-founder of BLKLST, an organization focused on anti-racism and accountability in Los Angeles Theatre. Check out her current projects at bio.site/t_quant.
Tiana Randall-Quant
Gita Reddy
Gita Reddy is an actor, writer and director. TV acting credits include: I Think You Should Leave, Never Have I Ever, Orange Is the New Black, Marvel’s Iron Fist and Adam Ruins Everything. Voiceover: the Spirit Award-winning 7 Days and the Oscar-winning Zootopia. Theatre: Sundance Lab, Getty Villa, Old Globe, City Theatre (Pittsburgh), Mixed Blood (Minneapolis) and in NYC: Cherry Lane, Target Margin and Clubbed Thumb. As a solo-ish writer/performer: Highways (Santa Monica), the Public Theatre and Dixon Place, and published in Tokens?: The NYC Asian American Experience On Stage (Temple University Press). She has had fellowships with New York Theatre Workshop and New York Foundation of the Arts. As a writer, recent readings and workshops include First Fifteen and Chalk Repertory Theatre.
Gita Reddy
