Board Members
ABBEY ROBERTSON
Christine Casagrande
CO-President, LOCA
Christine Casagrande has been producing live comedy shows since 2008 with the biggest names in stand-up comedy at The Hollywood Improv, The Comedy Store, The Laugh Factory, and various venues in Los Angeles. She has produced live shows that have been accepted into the Moontower Comedy Festival, New York Comedy Festival, and Netflix Is A Joke Festival. Christine has produced hundreds of hours of digital content with multiple comedians, hosts and comedy groups. She got her start in film development and A-list talent management, and has held positions at The Gold Company, Hypomania Content and the It Gets Better Project (where she helped produce the Emmy nominated "It Gets Better" Specials for MTV), Turner, OWN, and on multiple scripted network comedies and unscripted cable shows. A New Jersey native, Christine loves pizza and can tell you where to get the best slices in LA.
Founder and Co-President, LOCA
Abbey Robertson is the Vice President of Operations at ATN Entertainment and the Head of Development for ATN Productions. She was previously the Vice President of Development & Production at RushTix, the Head of Touring at Comedy Juice, and the booker of the all virtual Nowhere Comedy Club. She is the Co-Founder and current Co-President of the Ladies of Comedy Association. Abbey spent the first decade of her career representing comedians and writers. She was a talent manager at Apostle, The Collective, and Adept Entertainment. Abbey was a producer of Funny Women Fest in Los Angeles in its third year, after having helped program the industry panels and judges with LOCA in its first two years. A lifelong comedy enthusiast, she moved to Los Angeles from Alexandria, Louisiana in 2005 and started working in comedy by producing hundreds of live shows around town.
LOCA INDUSTRY BOARD MEMBERS
LOS ANGELES
Nicole Blaine
Nikki Levy
NEW YORK
Candi Clare
Claire Armstrong
Debra Kessler
Felicia Madison
Kelly Reagan
CHICAGO
Hannah Burtell
Lillian Murphy
Sahar Lane
AUSTIN
Christina Shams
Rebecca Trent
NASHVILLE
Ja’Kee Sisneros
Katie West
Lucy Sinsheimer
BOSTON
Helen DiMarzio
LOCA TALENT BOARD MEMBERS
LOS ANGELES
Heather Pasternak
Helen Hong
Irene Tu
Jade Catta-Preta
NEW YORK
Bonnie Q
Carole Montgomery
Carolyn Bergier
Christine Kim
Joanna Briley
CHICAGO
Kellye Howard
Kristen Toomey
Natasha Pearl Hansen