Red Devil
Two elderly, queer breast cancer patients find love in the chemotherapy infusion room with the help of a young influencer documenting her own treatment for the world to see.
Andrea Berting is a playwright and screenwriter from Chicago, IL. Her dramedy feature, BREAST IN SHOW, won Best Original Comedy Feature at the Richmond International Film Festival, as well as earning her a position as an ISA Fast Track Fellow. She was also named one of NetworkISA’s Top 25 Screenwriters to Watch in 2024. The abbreviated version of Andrea’s romantic dramedy stage play RED DEVIL won the 2025 Meanwhile Park Playwright Prize, and received a performance in Salt Lake City. Her short play LITTLE KASIA MEETS THE GOD OF DEATH was a part of the Fargo-Moorhead Community Theater’s 10 Minute Play Festival. As a young breast cancer survivor who struggles with bipolar disorder, Andrea uses real-life experience to inspire women-centered stories about finding the joy and levity inside heartbreak and tragedy. Andrea received her BFA in Theater Education from VCU in Richmond, VA.
Victoria Hoffman Is thrilled to be directing again with the gang at The Road after beyond fun explorations of Moor’s the Pity, Hypergamater and High Maintenance. Resident CD at Rogue Machine Theatre. Recent credits include Fairview, anthropology and Adolescent Salvation. Elsewhere: Jami Brandli’s O: A Rhapsody in Divorce for Outside In Theater, For the Love of a Glove at The Carl Sagan & Ann Druyan Theater; Kiss of the Spider Woman at A Noise Within; Hide and Hide and The Sandwich Ministry at the Skylight; Octopus’s Garden for Boston Court. Film projects include the AFI Thesis films Zenaida (LAAPFF Official Selection) and The Fishmonger (College Television Awards Nominee, CAA Moebius); Dog Lover at the DTLA Film Festival (among many). Currently Manager of Casting at the AFI Conservatory. Directing Credits include five seasons of The Blank Theatre’s YPF & Living Room Series, Hollywood Fringe Fest, Rogue Machine’s Around the Clock Plays. Acting credits include Julius Weezer for the Troubies, Winter’s Tale at the Skylight, and TV pop ups in Abbot Elementary and The Shrink Next Door. Recent recipient of the LADCC Special Recognition Award for Career Achievement in Casting Los Angeles Theatre. www.victoriahoffman.com
“Red Devil”
Rose – Alison Shanks*
Val – Ann Hearn*
Brandon – Clifton Adams*
Emmie – Charleston Harvey*
Kat – Megan Alexandra*
*Road Company Member
Stage Directions: Susan Diol*
Talkback Moderator: Horcee St. Cyr*