RISE

Meghan O'Neill

Khetanya Henderson

Dedrick Anthony

ALL ABOUT RISE

Actor. Dancer. Creative.

Fitness Professional

As a passionate, creative professional, I believe in putting my skills and innovation at the forefront of my work. My work and my world is informed by my personal and professional experiences as an Actor, Dancer, Choreographer and Director and is rooted in story telling. The world of storytelling always sparked my imagination. Whether that was within the worlds of Cirque du Soleil, Evidence, a Dance Company, Hairspray the Movie or the commercial worlds of Target, Dell, or Peloton to name a few. 

Meghan O'Neill attended the Guthrie Actor Training Program in Minneapolis, MN. She also trained at UCB, The PIT, The Magnet (NY) and Second City (Chicago).

As a writer/performer/director, Meghan's credits include The 40 Year Old Version, HBO's Animals, Billy On The Street, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The New Yorker, Odd Mom Out, Happy, 50 Central, Black&White, Vulture, The Hairpin, Blind Date, The Cut, Refinery 29 and Above Average as well as The Sundance Film Festival, Nitehawk Shorts Fest, LES Film Festival, Ars Nova Ant Fest, Chicago Comedy Film Festival, NY Sketch Fest, Toronto Sketchfest, Charleston Comedy Festival and The Women in Comedy Festival. You can find her weekly co-hosting the Story Pirates Podcast for Gimlet.

Dedrick Lee Anthony is a graduate of The Ailey School, the official school of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre. He has performed in regional theatre productions such as Godspell, Jesus Christ Superstar, Ain't Misbehavin' and Guys & Dolls. Dedrick has had the opportunities to perform in Switzerland, France, Germany, Belgium, Hawaii, and the Bahamas. He has worked with many major companies such as School Zone, Norwegian Cruise Lines, ABC, Adidas, Google, L'Oreal Professionnel, and Vogue Italia. Currently residing in New York City, he teaches nationally and internationally and is an award winning choreographer. 

As a theater clown performing worldwide, Joel Baker brings to the stage a unique style of physical comedy, acrobatics, and improvisation. He is a graduate of San Francisco’s Clown Conservatory and the San Francisco Circus Center, where he began incorporating hand balancing into physical comedy. For seven years, Joel was a key performer—and additionally served as an Artistic Coach—in the award-winning Cirque du Soleil show The Beatles’ LOVE on the Las Vegas Strip. Joel also performed main clown roles in LOFT by The 7 Fingers and SOAP the show. Recent engagements include five years with PALAZZO Dinner Theater in the show GLÜCKSJÄGER in Germany and Austria as well as lead character roles in CIRKOPOLIS by Cirque Eloize and LAFOLIA by Cirque Bouffon. He has written and directed multiple shows for Circus Bella and performed with the troupe at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall. Other directorial credits include the Nevada Ballet Choreographer’s Showcase and three seasons with the show ALIS in Italy’s Le Cirque World’s Top Performers. He teaches act creation and clowning worldwide and now online.

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