Topdog/Underdog Cast & Crew
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Adrianna Mitchell* (BOOTH)
(she/her) is an NYC-based actor, director, and producer. She is thrilled to be back on the Lanes Coven stage! Lanes Coven: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Macbeth. BROADWAY: “Opal” in the Tony-nominated, Pulitzer Prize Winning play Fat Ham, after originating the role at The Public Theater. OFF-BROADWAY: What to Send Up When It Goes Down (Playwrights Horizons), runboyrun (New York Theatre Workshop). REGIONAL: (select) Fat Ham (Geffen Theater), Noises Off (Two River Theater); Romeo & Juliet (as “Juliet”) and Taming of the Shrew (Chautauqua Theater Company); Measure for Measure as "Isabella" (Actors’ Shakespeare Project); Hamlet (American Conservatory Theater). TV/FILM: Airing Fall 2025, Mitchell can been seen starring opposite Tracy Morgan and Jermaine Fowler in the upcomingnew sitcom Crutch (Paramount+).Mitchell recurred on a season of Snowfall (FX) and booked a series regular on the pilot Harlem’s Kitchen, opposite Delroy Lindo and Sheryl Lee Ralph (ABC). Select guest roles: Grey’s Anatomy and Queens (ABC); Bull, The Good Fight, and Evil (CBS); The Blacklist and Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector(NBC); and Little America (Apple TV+). Spelman College (BA; Phi Beta Kappa); American Conservatory Theater (M.F.A.); British American Drama Academy. @adriannamitchell_
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Akilah A. Walker* (LINCOLN)
(she/her) Elated to be making my Lanes Coven debut <3 REGIONAL: Black Cypress Bayou (Geffen Playhouse), The Bluest Eye (A Noise Within Theatre Co.), Marty & The Hands that Could (WACO Theatre Co.) School Girls; Or The African Mean Girls Play (Berkeley Repertory Theatre), Detroit '67 (Aurora Theatre Co.), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Classical Theatre of Harlem). TV/FILM: Currently recurring on Bel-Air (Peacock), upcoming Guest star P-Valley (Starz), The Family Business (BET+). Award-winning writer/director of the short films 'Ivar Tunnel: Shook Ones' which debuted on the REVOLT network, and 'Pedacito de Carne' sponsored by Netflix, and co-founder of Good Mother Films, a production company specializing in personal stories that center women. Fordham University BA, Theatre, American Conservatory Theatre MFA, Acting. @Akthewayy on Instagram, X and TikTok
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Kadeem Ali Harris (DIRECTOR)
(he/him) returns to Lanes Coven after playing Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream in 2024, and Macduff in Macbeth in 2022. Kadeem is an actor/director/producer from the Bronx, New York. BROADWAY: Thoughts of a Colored Man.REGIONAL THEATER: Suzan-Lori Parks’ new play Sally and Tom at the Guthrie; American Conservatory Theater, Berkeley Rep, Cal Shakes, and Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati. He has produced the 2016 Bay Area Artist Festival with the premiere of Obie Award winner Aleshea Harris’ play CRACK. RUMBLE. FLY. Kadeem is a committed teaching artist who has taught in New York City, Cincinnati, and the Bay Area and is the recipient of the Bratt Family Diversity Scholarship and the Litfin Scholarship. TV/FILM: You can see him recur as ‘Brandon’ in the hit Amazon Prime series “Harlem,” starring Megan Good and Season 3 of City on a Hill. MFA, American Conservatory Theater; BFA Tisch School of the Arts for Drama.
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Tara Hightower* (PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER)
(she/her) With Lanes Coven: Romeo & Juliet School Tour/Hammond Castle Museum, The Servant of Two Masters, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo & Juliet, The Importance of Being Earnest, and Macbeth. She is excited to be in Gloucester this summer for a fourth season with Lanes Coven! Select Stage Management credits include: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike and A Midsummer Night's Dream (Gloucester Stage), Too Fat for China, Tuck Everlasting, The Tempest, Sam & Jim in Hell (Lost Nation Theater); and The Nutcracker (Brass City Ballet). She is a proud graduate of Central Connecticut State University (B.F.A) and a member of the Stage Managers' Association of the United States. IG:@tarajhightower
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Carly Dreme Calbreath (ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER)
(she/her) is thrilled to make her debut with Lanes Coven this summer! Select theater credits include: Yiddish Cyberpunk (Boston Workers Circle), Richard II (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company’s Apprentice Repertory Company), Gragger RenFaire (Boston Workers Circle), and Queer Ultimatum (Queer Artists & Players). Carly is a California-born, Boston-based actor, writer, improviser and educator with a particular passion for sci-fi, fantasy, and Shakespeare. www.carlydremecalbreath.com
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Naomi McLeod (INTERN)
(she/her) is currently a sophomore at Chapman University pursuing her BFA in Theater Performance. Naomi is making her Lanes Coven debut! Her other credits include #00 in The Wolves, Antigone in Antigone, and Company Member in The Laramie Project. Naomi grew up in the Brooklyn, New York area but goes to college in Orange County, California. She loves hiking, a cup of tea, and her cat, Chai. She wantsto give a special thank you to her loving parents, Pedro and Efuru for their support for her education, career, and providing her with the opportunities she has today.