Board Members

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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