2022:

A long desired wish has come true. Raina will be playing the role of Francine/Lena in Buffalo Theatre Ensemble’s Clybourne Park Sept 9th - Oct 9th, 2022. Jeff Recommended!


Welp, COVID has put a damper on a lot of things lately, but Raina is happy to play the role of Saida in Stage Left Theatre’s staged reading of White People By The Lake written by Rachel Lynett and directed by Melinda Sewak. Jan 24, 2022.

2020:

Raina will be playing the role of Macy in The Cake, by Bekah Brunstetter (writer of NBC’s This is Us), directed by Steve Scott at Buffalo Theatre Ensemble in Glen Ellyn, IL. The show has been Jeff Recommended!

Run: Jan 31st - March 1st, Thursday - Sunday

Location: 425 Fawell Blvd, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137

Purchase Tickets Here

2019:

Raina has been cast to the play the role of Claire in the staged reading of Rabbit Summer, by Tracey Conyer Lee and directed by Christopher Burris. August 12th at Redtwist Theatre.

2018:

***RAINA has been nominated for the 2018 African American Arts Alliance of Chicago Award for Best Actress for her role, Hillary, in Comfort Stew at ETA Creative Arts. Award ceremony will be held at the Black Theatre Ensemble on Oct 29, 2018.


Raina is super excited to play the lead role, Princess, in Shakespeare's Love's Labor's Lost, with Invictus Theater

Previews: October 24-28, 2018

Opening: October 29th

Run: Nov 1 - 17th, Thursday-Monday

@ Jackalope Theatre’s The Frontier,

1106 W. Thorndale.

Purchase Tickets HERE


Raina has been cast as Hillary, the lead character in Comfort Stew, presented by ETA Creative Arts, and directed by Cheryl Lynn Bruce. The dates and times are as follows:

Previews: April 15, 2018

Run: April 20th - May 20th

Fri-Sat at 8pm, Sunday at 3pm

For more information visit ETA Creative Arts


2017:

“Keenan’s ensemble is virtually flawless. From the opening moments, the cast pulls you fully into the world of the play, creating an immersion powerful enough to make the world outside fall away.

Lynn embodies all the extremes of Julia’s situation — the frustration and the rage as well as the ebullient happiness that comes from being in love." - Performink

http://perform.ink/review-wedding-band-artistic-home/

Raina has been cast as Julia, the lead character in Wedding Band: A Love/Hate Story In Black And White, presented by The Artistic Home in Chicago. The dates and times are as follows:

Previews: October 25, 2017

Run: October 29th - December 17th

Thursdays at 7:30pm, Fri-Sat at 8pm, Sunday at 3pm

For more information visit theartistichome.org

 



 
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