Hi! I'm Rhana. I tell stories.
In fact, I can't remember a time when I wasn't telling stories. From the adventures of a stick-figure baby princess* to award-winning** technical documentation and a novel, I've been a storyteller of some kind or other nearly all my life. Now as an actress and model, I tell other people's stories.
Everybody has a story. Our lives are tragic comedies with a surprise twist ending. Oscar material, every one. We just need the courage to tell our story, and someone to listen. So what's my story? Well, every story starts with a logline... With the support of her family, a socially awkward, middle-aged mother of three enters an international talent competition. When she wins, can she overcome a lifetime of self-doubt to make her childhood dream come true? So far so good. And thanks for listening. * She was always being kidnapped by a witch. I was five and heavily influenced by The Wizard of Oz. ** Several decades later, my technical writing won two Awards of Excellence and three Awards for Merit from the Society for Technical Communication. A very early draft of my novel Godsong (then titled Harmony) placed second in the Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror category of the 2003 Authorlink International New Author Awards Competition. But it all started with a stick-figure baby princess. |
Photo credit: Sam Abrams
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In Progress & Coming UpHead Over Heels (Forge Theatre; ensemble)
Never This World (independent film; Rose) Golden Girls Murder Mystery (Without A Cue; Rose) LUMINARY (Temple University student film; Promethea) F**k Boys Need Not Apply (web series; Tina) |
Recent WorkMurder on the Nile (Forge Theatre; Helen ffouliot-ffolkes)
Cold As Hell: A Holiday Sketch Comedy Show (Philly Improv Theater) Staged reading of "Middletown" (The Barn Playhouse) Sketch shows with Idaho, Wham! (Philly Improv Theater) 1-Actstravaganza 2.0 (Forge Theatre) Capital Institute for Neurosciences print, billboard, and web campaign QVC on-air beauty and print model Caregiver (independent film) |