Additional Cast

Rachel overcame a congenital inner ear dysfunction, survived life-threatening complications from surgery, and joined the City Temple Seventh-day Adventist Children's Choir at the age of six. She has not stopped singing since....a true miracle! It was while in sixth grade attending A.W. Brown Charter School under the tutelage of Pastor A.W. Brown and Choir Director, Mrs. Shaw that Rachel flourished as a vocalist.

She appeared on Dallas Fox 4 Insights, representing The Black Academy of Arts & Letters, shared the stage with Ms. Irma P. Hall of the hit movie "Soul Food" and has traveled Internationally to Bermuda performing as a solo artist in a children's concert.

Rachel has a couple of broadway productions under her belt, performing the last two years with The Black Academy of Arts and Letters under the guidance of Mr. Curtis King. She was young Billie Holiday in "Rhapsody in Rhythm" and performed the Stephanie Mills version of "Home" in the Wiz where she was the finale act in "Hip Hop on Broadway." She was the guest vocalist at the 2009 ESSENCE Music Festival in New Orleans, opening for the Youth Empowerment Session where she warmed over the audience with her soulful rendition of the National Anthem and then one of her own songs. Rachel is currently a High School student at a Performing and Visual Arts school in Dallas, TX and her private classical vocal lessons will help to expand on her career goals.

At the age of 13, Rachel completed her first demo CD project January 2009 with the Grammy Award winning producer, Madukwu Chinwah who has worked with Eryka Badu, Kirk Franklin, N'Dambi, Raven Symone, and many others. This project allowed Rachel to deliver positive messages and perfect her skills as a vocal artist creating future opportunities.

Asia Rainey - Georgia

Asia Rainey, a native of New Orleans, is an award-winning performer, educator and activist. As a spoken word artist, she has been welcomed around the country, sharing stages with artists such as the Last Poets, Mos Def, Suheir Hammad, Sunni Patterson, Taalam Acey and many more.

As an actress, Asia has starred in several theatre productions (Purlie; The Vagina Monologues; Origins of Life on Earth; The Unacquainted; A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant & A Prayer) and in television (writer, actress of the award-winning LPHI commercial “Treat You Right,” special co-host of Between the Lines). In 2010, she debuted her original stage play, Shut Up & Fly, set to tour in 2011. Her upcoming releases include a new CD in 2011 and a new book set to hit shelves in 2012.

Melissa Hall - Liz

Melissa Hall is a native of south Mississippi. She studied acting on the coast with the Walter Anderson Players and the Jefferson Davis players where she received an Irene Ryan Award nomination and honorary membership in the Delta Psi Omega collegiate theatre society for her multi-character portrayals in All in the Timing. In New Orleans, Melissa appeared in David Mamet’s A Boston Marriage, nominated for a Best Comedy Big Easy Entertainment Award and the 2004 Lesbian Theatre Award in Curve Magazine and played the role of Lavinia in Dog and Pony Theatre's Titus Andronicus.

Elizabeth Dunnebacke - Sandra

Elizabeth Dunnebacke's work in theater and media arts includes filmmaking, acting and nonprofit administration. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Theatre, Speech and Dance from Brown University and is anticipating her MFA in Film from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee in August of 2010. Elizabeth has worked in film and video production and post-production on documentary, commercial and network television projects. She is currently the Executive Director of the New Orleans Video Access Center (NOVAC) where she oversees training and career development programs which help to connect Louisiana residents to opportunities in the region's growing creative media industry, particularly in emergent creative media technology. Elizabeth lives in New Orleans with her husband and 1.5 children.

Alma Maleckar - Dischordia

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Aja Becker- Abby

Aja Mel Becker is a fourth grader at The International School of Louisiana where she studies in Spanish immersion. She is writing her own play called, "Flying on the Big Metal Bird." She was in ArtSpot Production's "Beneath the Strata" at The Studio in the Woods. At The Ashe Cultural Center Aja did a poetic piece for the Women and War/Femme Fest and played the Mexican Wrestler during the September State of the Nation's "More Spaghetti." Last March she played Little Kate in "Turning of the Bones" for HomeNOLA?. She absolutely loved playing Abby in "Flood Streets", her first movie role.