ABOUT US
Bottle Tree Theatre Co. is a Black femme-led creative collective rooted in cultural connectivity, radical imagination, and intergenerational storytelling. We are dedicated to building a collective cultural canon through transformative theatre that centers Black joy, ancestral memory, and communal legacy.
Founded in 2024 by Kacie Rogers, Jaquita Ta’la, and Chelsea Boyd—three artists who first met in 2016 while working on the same production—Bottle Tree grew from a shared vision and years of collaboration. From co-producing readings of The Brother/Sister Plays to writing original work and organizing grassroots fundraisers, they laid the foundation for a company committed to honoring the past while shaping a bold, inclusive future.
Through performance, education, and civic engagement, Bottle Tree nurtures emerging artists, amplifies under-recognized voices, and creates space for healing and collective dreaming—
because our stories deserve center stage.
who we are
Chelsea. Kacie. Jaquita.
Long before we knew what we were building, Bottle Tree was already growing—rooted in laughter, late-night dance parties, and the quiet magic of shared vision.
We are the reflectors of the future, the keepers of memory, and the vessels of the present moment.
We are Bottle Tree.
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Co-Founder and Artistic Director
Chelsea is the co-founder and co-artisic director of Bottle Tree Theatre Company. She is an actor, writer, and producer from Los Angeles and a graduate of Cal State Fullerton’s theatre program. Chelsea’s unapologetic hope for Bottle Tree is that with every project, we are forever seeking to illuminate all the ways in which creativity cultivates community and vice versa.
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Co-Founder & Artistic Director
Kacie Rogers is a two-time NAACP Award-winning writer, producer, and actor. She co-founded Bottle Tree Theatre Co. in 2024, launching successful productions in Los Angeles and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She has two films in development, including X Marks the Spot, which won the Big Indie Fellowship at the Austin Film Festival with her writing partner, Mason Greer. Her award winning short film SHOUT, which she wrote, produced, and starred in, had a successful festival run spanning over 10 cities and 2 countries. Her playwriting credits include Oladele or The Forgotten Song (IAMA New Works Festival) and I Sell Windows, developed through the Shay Fellowship, with its first workshop in New York in 2022. Trained at AMDA, Kacie has worked with top theatre companies, including The Robey Theatre Co., IAMA, The Getty Villa, The Echo, The Geffen and Center Theater Group, where her self written and produced short Ol' Auntie Jemmie streamed for viewers. On screen, she is the face of Disparity Trap and has appeared in several titles including Curb Your Enthusiasm and Grace & Frankie.
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Co-Founder & Artistic Director
A lifelong Angeleno and 3rd generation artist, Jaquita Ta’le is honored to be making her official directorial debut with “I Sell Windows”. While training at NYU Tisch’s Experimental Theatre Wing, she also studied spoken word performance and poetry at Johannesburg’s University of Witwatersrand and modern, folkloric, and experimental dance in Havana, Cuba. Jaquita is a co-founder and co-creative director for the emerging theatre company Bottle Tree Theatre. Special thanks to Alani and Zozi for your unconditional love and patience! Credits include: (Theater) The Heal (The Getty Villa), Too Heavy For Your Pocket (Sacred Fools), (Little Children Dream of God (The Road Theatre), And Then They Fell (Atwater Village Theatre), (Film/Television) Pinocchio, Good Behavior, Castle, Shameless, Criminal Minds, ER. As a DJ under the moniker “Eartha Littt”, Jaquita’s spun at venues like The Line Hotel, The Beverly Wilshire Hotel, The Montalbán, The Craft Contemporary Museum, Space 1520, and Los Globos.