River (they/them) is a multi-disciplinary Bay Area theatre artist. They have worked at companies around the Bay Area including SF Playhouse, SFBATCO, Cutting Ball, Ray of Light, Palo Alto Players, Children’s Fairy Land, the Oakland Theatre Project, SPARC, Townhall Theatre, NCTC, and Theatre Rhinoceros. Recent work includes SF Playhouse’s Evita (Ensemble), Hillbarn Conservatory’s Mean Girls (Choreographer), Cutting Ball’s Variety Pack (Various Roles), and Ray of Light’s Rocky Horror (Phantom). Other credits include a staged reading of Justin P. Lopez’ The Re-Education of Fernando Morales (Townhall Theatre, Director) and Bad Hombres (Theatre Rhinoceros, Director). This coming May they will be directing four short new plays for the Pear Theatre’s Pear Slices Series. They are the author of an award-winning thesis that explores the ways Latiné theatre artists advocate for equity in the theatre industry. They are deeply invested in creating theatre that openly challenges white supremacy culture in content and process.