Our Team

Cynthia D. Barker

Cynthia D. Barker is an actor and director in the Southeast region and has collaborated with some Atlanta’s most distinguished theatrical institutions including Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre Company, Horizon Theatre Company, Theatrical Outfit and the Tony Award winning Alliance Theatre. Her resume’ boasts five Suzi Bass nominations for Best Leading Actress and Best Ensemble in a Play.

Presently, Cynthia is a part-time Theatre Faculty in the Department of Visual and Performing Arts at Clayton State University. She has also held an Adjunct position at Spelman College and taught Drama classes for youth at Brothers United Youth Camp, Atlanta Music Project, Spivey Hall and Southwest Arts Center. Cynthia is also the Founder of Creative Confidence LLC; arts based organization that utilizes art therapy as a tool to help women and girls foster healthy, intentional relationships with themselves.

J. L. Reed

J.L. Reed is an actor and teaching artist originally from Winston Salem, NC. He moved to Atlanta after grad school and got his start in the theatre scene as a TYA actor with the Alliance. He's had the privilege of performing with a number of theaters in the area since that time. Outside of theatre, J.L. spends his time writing, gaming, and grown-up jobbing at Emory University.

Diany Rodriguez

Notable ATL credits: Abigail/1702, Nick’s Flamingo Grill, Between Riverside and Crazy, Exit Strategy, In the Heights, Significant Other, Hands on a Hardbody, Homers, Bull Durham: The Musical, Rocky Horror Show, In Love and Warcraft, Zorro: The Musical, Into the Woods (X2), The Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls, and August: Osage County. Notable regional credits: Carrie: A Comedy (Sue), Marvelous Wonderettes (Suzy), Fame (Carmen). Tours: Rent (Mark's Mom/US Mimi), Dora the Explorer (Dora). Off-B'way: Soul Kitchen (Sangita), Shlomo (Anjia/Ruth). TV/Film: "The Outsider", “New Amsterdam”, “Ray Donovan”, “The Purge”.

Lee Osorio

Lee Osorio is an actor, playwright, and Associate Artistic Director of Out of Hand Theater. His work as an actor has been seen on stages across Atlanta,Off-Broadway, and on TV. His plays have been developed through the Alliance Theatre’s Reiser Artist Lab, Working Title Playwrights’s Ethel Woolson Lab, and his play FAITH was a finalist for the 2018 Latinx Theatre Commons Carnaval.