Courtney, is the founder of Rise Up Theatre Company, has a 20-year award winning history of producing, performing, directing, and distributing, both live theatrical and film productions. Courtney is Thrilled to be directing Tick, tick..BOOM! with such an unbelievably talented group of actors. She is continuously humbled and thankful for each person joining Rise Up Theatre Company, dedicating their time, energy, and talents to the growth of this company. We collectively strive to fulfill our mission of "Bringing the community together one production at a time through quality theatre and visual performing arts, with integrity, honesty, and inclusion." without each and every volunteer we would not be possible. Thank you, and ENJOY THE SHOW!

Peter is thrilled to be co-directing his second show with Rise Up Theatre, previously having co-directed Rise Up's TICK, TICK... BOOM! He’s an actor and director in the Sacramento area and studied theatre at UC Berkeley. He is also the founder of backofhouse.art - an anonymous reviews site for actors and crew members to share their experiences. Previous acting roles include: Woodland’s SOMETHING ROTTEN (Nick Bottom) and AMELIE (Lucien), CRC’s URINETOWN (Bobby Strong), THE GOAT OR WHO IS SYLVIA? (Billy), 3 productions of ASSASSINS (Balladeer / Lee Harvey Oswald), Rise Up's AVENUE Q (Princeton), SWEENEY TODD (Tobias Ragg).