The violin is the closest sound to the human voice.
Raquel Romo, Stage Manager
Raquel Romo is from Chicago's south side and a recent graduate of Saint Mary's University of Minnesota where she received her BA in Stage Management. She is very excited to be apart of this production as this is her first of (hopefully many) in the big bad real world. After two years of studying journalism, Raquel found her passion for theatre while acting as an ASM for Hamlet; after stage managing for the very first time she realized that it isn't as horrible and has (clearly) decided that this is the job for her. Select past productions include: Working, Pentecost, and Urinetown.
Vanessa Kemp, House Manager
Vanessa Kemp is thrilled to have spent the last 15 years working in theatre. She has worked as a house manager for Dandelion Theatre, The Rum & Coke Collective, and BCT. She has worked as an actor with The Rum & Coke Collective, Zoot Theatre Company, and Wright State University. She currently serves as the Administrative Editrix of The Rum & Coke Collection and is one of it's proud founding members. When not on or behind stage, you can find Vanessa teaching high schoolers with autism at PACTT Learning Center.
Joshua W. Brewer, Marketing Manager
Joshua W. Brewer is a theater and film artist living in Chicago, Il. He is the Artistic Director at the Rum & Coke Collective and one of its proud founding members. Mr. Brewer was educated at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Drama where he earned a Bachelor's of Fine Arts in Drama with a focus in Directing. His work with Rum & Coke includes the plays Apples and Roofies, Endlings, and the Rum & Coke Skit Show, a series of Web Videos. Other selected credits include Inherit the Wind with The Mimes and Mummers at Fordham University, Sirens and Superheroes for the Kansas City Fringe, All the Smart Choices during the Abbie Hoffman Died for Our Sins festival in Chicago, and A Canterbury Journey with Zoot Theater Company. He also served as the assistant director for The Oresteia Project in Pittsburgh, which was listed as one of the Top Ten Theatrical Productions of the Decade by the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. As a writer, his plays have been seen in Dayton, OH, Pittsburgh, PA, Orlando, FL, and Chicago, IL. He was a co-writer on the film Body, which won Honorable Mention at the Metropolitan Film Festival of NYC as well as the Gold Award in Narrative Film at the California Film Awards. Currently, he serves as a Staff Writer for Film Collective Studio's production of Rural, a serial drama, and as a Writer for Cross the Line Entertainment. He enjoys making lists and laughing manically in the dark.