La Trina La Schelle Rice resides in Brooklyn, New York, but is a native of Houston,

Texas. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre from Sam Houston State

University. Stage theatre has been her forte' for the past 20 years. As a residential

actor at Houston's Encore Theatre, she has appeared in over 35 productions. Just

a few of them include Fences as Rose, Romeo and Juliet as Nurse, The Evers Boys

as Nurse Evers, To Be Young Gifted and Black as Lorraine Hansberry, Shout

Hallelujah as Sister Mouth, The Colored Museum as Miss Pat, Medea, and Wig #2,

Samson and Delilah as Delilah, Women in Prison as Cassie, and Three Blind Mice

as Ms. Cheese. Her directing credits include: For Colored Girls Who Consider

Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf, Antigone, and Reunion in Bartersville. When

asked the question, "How do you do it?" she makes reference to her idol: GOD,

but recognizes her favorites: Alfre Woodard, John Ritter,Carol Burnett, and William

Shakespeare. La Diva as she is often called in the theatre arena is currently

pursuing Broadway and hopes to someday have her very own TV variety show like

her idol Carol Burnett.