Who We Are

Georgia first produced for LaB in 2018, with a newborn baby in tow. In between carting children around, Georgia has worked as the first Artistic Director of TEDxCambridge and the first in-house producer for White Snake Projects, a Boston-based company premiering original opera. Her productions have been seen at Harvard Square’s Mayfair, with immersive spectacle theater in nightclubs, for Medicine Wheel at the historic Cyclorama and at Lawn on D. She served as the Artistic Director of Outside the Box, Boston’s largest interdisciplinary outdoor performing arts festival, where she presented over 2000 individual artists over 3 years. She sits on the board of Cambridge Historical Tours. She is sometimes also an actor, and has a love of outdoor festivals and oatmeal molasses bread.

Rebecca Lehrhoff-Joy was not born a meer-lama, for there is no such thing as a meer-lama. But if there was, believe me, she would have been born as one. Rebecca, however, was born a small human in Boston, educated in Saratoga Springs, and again in Boulder, and finally brought herself to Somerville, MA where she resides with her husband and their fluffy orange cat named Albus Dumblemeow. Dancing Butoh in a deconstructed hoop skirt in the show Interference was her first foray with LaB. The best dream she ever had involved a small, nameless, purple dragon whose presence would allow her to jump-bounce-fly. Each time she had the dream she could jump-bounce-fly higher and farther until she no longer needed the small, nameless purple dragon’s assistance. (Insert metaphor for growing up here.) A production she saw of Marat-Sade at the A.R.T. in 2002 helped to solidify her desire to create and perform theater. It was not the main characters that inspired her, but the ensemble of inmates who deftly climbed, hung and contorted within the walls of a cage on stage. Since then physical, ensemble-created shows have been the name of her game. The other name of her game is Celebrity; she really likes playing Celebrity.

Glen is a native of the Central Rockies in Colorado. In 2010 he found himself landing in Boston with two bags and expecting to stay only a month. Flash forward to 2014 and Who Would Be King – his single most challenging and rewarding theatrical experience to date. He needed to continue to make this type of theatre. The type of theatre that challenges the artist and the audience. The type of theatre that encourages empathy and helps people better understand themselves and the world around them. One of the greatest performances he ever saw was the original Steppenwolf production of August: Osage County on Broadway. When he grows up, he wants to own a Vineyard on the Western slope of Colorado.

Rachel Wiese, like the actress, also happens to be an actress, but she prefers the gender neutral ‘actor’ or the broader description, ‘theatre artist’. She’s a little scared of mirrors in dark basements at night. She loves poetry, travelling, and lemon flavored everything. As a theatre artist, Rachel focused on devised and immersive theatre in New York and then in Austin before apparating near Boston almost two years ago. She’s been working with the LaB since her arrival, and joined the company after the November premier of ‘Who Would Be King’. Rachel is originally from Arkansas, but she has never seen an ivory-billed woodpecker. Not yet anyway.

Originally from Stony Brook, New York, Jesse moved to Boston when he was 11 and has been there ever since. Jesse joined Liars & Believers in 2015 with Who Would Be King, after getting his BFA in acting from BU. Jesse continues to want to make theatre because he feels it can prove to inspire a positive change, openness, and awareness in his community. Jesse is also a teacher at the Boston Ballet, where he teaches as part of the Adaptive Dance, City Dance, and ECI on Location programs. If you stick around after a production he may show you a move or two. Jesse also eats pasta for basically every meal (something he will continue to do for another 20 years), has DJed over 40 Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, and is an avid pick-up basketball player. If you’re ever in need of a little one-on-one give him a ring.