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Theatrical production company focused on developing new works, especially music, reflecting intersectional feminism and representation for womxn, people of color, and the lgtqia+ community.

You either know or…you should ask yourself why you don’t know.
10/10/2026

You either know or…you should ask yourself why you don’t know.

Riot is thrilled to welcome Nicki Barnes to her Riot debut in the Martian! Nicki powerfully embodies “Max”, a young moth...
10/10/2026

Riot is thrilled to welcome Nicki Barnes to her Riot debut in the Martian! Nicki powerfully embodies “Max”, a young mother who has lost her daughter Cece to leukemia and is falling deeper and deeper into grief. When something that looks like cece appears at the breakfast table after a rainstorm Max doesn’t question it. She said she would do anything for one more day with Cece and now…she’ll do anything to make sure she gets that day.

NICKI BARNES (Max) - Nicki is thrilled to be making her Riot debut in this powerful, compelling piece. Her recent roles include Dr. Lorna James in The Effect and Faye in Rest (Onstage Playhouse), Trisha in Five Women Wearing the Same Dress and Marianne in The Revolutionists (Lamplighters Theater), and Antony in Julius Caesar (Vanguard Theater). Nicki would like to thank her dog Nala for not chewing on her shoes while she’s at rehearsal, and her family and friends for being an unwavering source of support.

Tickets are available at the link in bio for this world premiere piece, presented free of charge to the community at the city heights performing arts annex in association with the San Diego city libraries, October 23-24.
Nicki Barnes Delia Mejia

10/10/2026

Why women kill was a rare look at what could inspire violence but doesn’t (always); season one followed Beth Ann, a young mother who loses her little girl in a terrible traffic accident and then throws herself into caring for her husband only to find out he is a chronic adulterer. Beth Ann gets unhinged as she decides to track down her husbands mistress and punish her for her husbands crimes only to find out she quite likes the mistress and her husband is actually horrible.

Through the course of season one Beth Ann learns who she is outside the shadow of her husband and stands on her own two feet while leaning on the women around her and bearing them up in turn.

10/09/2026

Directed by Delia Mejia, starring Susan Clausen, Bliss Ross, Nicki Barnes, Paulette Romero and Guillermo Lopez Cruz, the Martian follows the story of a couple who have lost their young daughter to leukemia only to discover…something…that looks like her sitting at the breakfast table. What follows is an explosive exploration of grief and survival as everyone who sees this entity wanting to claim it for their own, as each person who intersects with the family tries to survive their own grief and loss in their own way.

Presented at the city heights performing arts annex in association with the San Diego city libraries, free of charge to the community. Tickets at the link in our bio. Bliss Ross Nicki Barnes Delia Mejia Angel Guillermo

10/09/2026

It’s always been confusing to me that the casting table so quickly throws the moniker “difficult” onto performers. My years as an audition accompanist were chilling as I watched community and professional casting teams vilify, mock, sneer, and scoff at performers; and with the most casual cruelty shift them out of the pile of consideration into the discards because someone in the room uses the word. “Difficult.” I once heard a producer say that a student of mine was a “deal breaker”, and offer no explanation. Not only did the team immediately remove her from consideration without questioning it, the next audition I played someone from that room repeated that they didn’t know my student but that he had heard she was difficult. She was again removed from consideration without a second thought.

Theatres, you are not at odds with your artists. We would, and can and do perform for you for free. We sometimes pay you for the privilege to perform. When we do get paid we feel lucky to make pennies and we know that even at the top echelon we could make more being a school teacher or a manager at a fast food restaurant.

We do what we do because we love it.

Because we can’t not.

So when we ask for longer rehearsals it’s because we want to do the very best job.

When we ask for breaks it’s because we’ve been throwing everything into this rehearsal and working to the fullest extent we can.

When we get upset with criticism it’s because we’re giving so much.

When we ask for safer workspaces it’s because we want to keep working. When we ask for you to address predators or persistently problematic folk it’s because we want to keep working.

When we ask for communication it’s because we want to give everything. We want to be on time for rehearsal and we want to drop everything we need to including our personal and professional lives to be prepared for whatever you need. We want to help you sell tickets. We want to help you raise money. We want everyone to see the work we’ve all done together.

Artists may be intense at times but it’s because we care. Please—meet us where we are.
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10/08/2026

The unhinged joy in just being unabashedly you. And in eating cheese straight from the package.

What is “The Martian”? She comes, one rainy night. When your defenses are down. When your grief threatens to overwhelm y...
10/07/2026

What is “The Martian”?
She comes, one rainy night. When your defenses are down. When your grief threatens to overwhelm you. She heard you calling and she comes. She feels you need her and she’s there. Wearing the faces of the dead.

She is the child you lost. The girl who’s missing. The sister who died in your arms.

She lets you press pause on your grief for an hour.

A day.

In every way that matters she’s your loved one.

If …you can keep her.

Check out the Martian by award winning author and playwright Sarah LeClair starring Bliss Ross, Nicki Barnes, Susan Clausen, Paulette Romero and Guillermo Lopez Cruz, directed by Delia Mejia—presented free of charge to the community at the City Heights performing arts annex in association with the city library programs.

Tickets at the link in our bio!
Bliss Ross Delia Mejia Nicki Barnes

10/07/2026

When you know that real one who can hear your ted talk in the silences 😂

What is the Martian? On a rainy night she comes. She feels you need her and she’s there, taking the faces of the dead. T...
10/05/2026

What is the Martian?

On a rainy night she comes. She feels you need her and she’s there, taking the faces of the dead.

To Max, grieving the loss of her little daughter to leukemia, she’s the child she lost, coloring with markers and eating chocolate chip pancakes on the couch.

To Detective Roxy Cruz, the girl from the neighborhood trying to do right, she’s the big sister who died in her arms, gunned down in a drive by shooting.

To Joe, the friendly neighborhood watchdog, she’s a hungry teenager who trusted someone offering her a meal and a dry place to sleep.

Only Cora speaks directly to her, to the entity behind the faces of the dead. And when she asks “What are you?” The entity answers simply.

“I felt you calling and I came. I felt you need me and I was here.”

What would you do for one more day with the person you lost?
October 23-24 at the City Heights Performance Annex, free for the community in partnership with the San Diego City Libraries, just in time for spooky season. Reserve tickets at the link in bio ❤️
Delia Mejia Bliss Ross Nicki Barnes

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