A Light in Dark Places: 2021 Program

Allie Costa, Writer

Allie Costa is an actor, writer, director, and singer working in film, TV, theatre, and voiceover. Her acting credits include Spring Awakening, 90210, You Me & Her, Future Shock, and Alien vs. Musical. She's also appeared in commercials and podcasts, narrated audio books and documentaries, and lent her voice to video games and animated projects. Her original works have been produced internationally, including the critically acclaimed Two Girls, Music of the Mind, Boxes Are Magic, and Can You Keep a Secret? She's currently writing an original episodic series. Occasionally, she sleeps. http://www.alliecosta.com http://www.imdb.me/alliecosta

César Di Bello, Director

César Di Bello is an Argentinian- Spanish director, actor and producer. In theater, he loves directing for A Light In Dark Places and this is his third time doing so. He also directed the Stella Adler Lab Theater Company in "The Dumb Waiter" and "The Importance of Being Earnest". At last, he directed a zoom version of "The Importance of Being Earnest". You can see him in the comedy "Original Sin (Pecado Original)" in HBOMax. He would like to thank his wonderful cast for their dedication and the audience for joining us tonight. Also, a massive thank you to Kelly and the rest of the ALIDP team for their hard work!

Andrew R. Heinze, Writer

Formerly a Professor of History at the University of San Francisco, Andrew is an award-winning playwright and book author. He left his tenured position in academia in 2006 to become a novelist but instead found himself drawn to playwriting. Andrew’s plays have been produced in New York City, Los Angeles, Seattle, Miami, Austin, Denver, Albuquerque and regionally, receiving honors in over fifty national and international playwriting competitions. Andrew belongs to the Dramatists Guild and PEN (his book Jews and the American Soul was a Publishers Weekly choice for “Best Books of 2004.”) He is also a member of the American Renaissance Theater Company in New York City, where he serves as Dramaturg and Workshop director. Visit him at: andrewheinze.com.

Savanah Joeckel, Director

Savanah was born in Port Jefferson, New York and soon moved across the country to Yakima, Washington where she grew up and spent her childhood. At the age of 16 she moved to Las Vegas and attended the university of Nevada, Las Vegas. Though she had her eyes set on journalism, she found love for film through a filmmaking class she took as an elective and shifted towards the path of storytelling through cinema. Once she graduated, she traveled to Italy to work as a programmer for Finding Vince film festival. She now resides in Los Angeles and focuses on writing and directing. Her recent short she wrote, Deadpan, is now circling the film festival circuit and has won a few awards including best short at Paris film awards. She recently returned from a writing program in Paris and has a growing passion to tell the stories of others who have meaningful experiences to share with the world.

Bill Brohaugh, Writer

Bill is the author of thousands of produced short-form radio scripts, written for the nationally syndicated radio personality Gary Burbank for 20+ years. The former editor of Writer's Digest magazine, Bill has authored published books and hundreds of magazine articles about writing and other topics, and spoken about writing many times to other writers.

Lisa Holt, Writer

Lisa is a retired pharmacist with a 40-year background in theatre. As a reed doubler, her focus is on musical theatre, where she performs frequently as a pit musician and serves as an orchestra manager. More recently she accidentally discovered she enjoys writing with Bill. The results of that prize-winning play collaboration have been fully produced or presented in staged readings on both coasts and many places between, which she thinks is cool.

Bill and Lisa are honored that A Light in Dark Places selected their work to help bring awareness to the impact and prevention of suicide through the accessibility of the performing arts.

Eugenio Villamar, Director

Eugenio is a Mexican Screenwriter, Director, and Producer. He holds a Master in Fine Arts in Screenwriting from UCLA School of Theater Film & Television and was distinguished as a 2010 Coca-Cola Refreshing Filmmaker's Fellow and a 2011 Sloan Foundation Screenwriting Award Winner.

Jessica Moss, Writer

Jessica is a performer, writer, and producer. She is the creator/performer of solo shows Modern Love, and Polly Polly. Her full-length plays include Next to Him, I Will Miss You When You’re Gone, Cam Baby, A Girl Lives Alone and others. Her work has been developed or presented at Great Plains Theatre Conference, Roundabout Theatre, Premiere Stages, Kitchen Dog Theatre, the Toronto International Film Festival, and the Canadian Stage Festival of New Ideas and Creation, among others. As an actor, she has appeared in shows with Necessary Angel/Luminato, Tarragon Theatre, SummerWorks, Sudbury Theatre Centre, the NAC, and many times at the Toronto Fringe. She went to Juilliard.

Caitlin Apparcel, Director

Caitlin is an actor and teacher out here in Los Angeles. She is from Fresno,CA and has her Bachelor’s Degree in Theater and Minor in American Studies from California State Fullerton. This will be her 2nd time directing for ALIDP and she couldn’t be more excited to return. She currently teaches the movement program for Stella Adler Academy.  Caitlin wants to extend a huge thank you to Kelly, the team, and the cast for creating such a beautiful environment and show this year (and every year). This is a health issue which is near and dear to her heart and she is so proud to be involved. And yes, Caitlin does identify as a Slytherin.

Blake, Writer

Bruno Oliver, Director

Bruno Oliver is an actor, producer, director with 25 years experience in the Los Angeles theater community. His home base is Sacred Fools Theater Company where he currently serves on the Board of Directors. He previously appeared as a performer in ALIDP's 3 annual festival of one-acts.