Stage Mamma: From Child Star to Leading Lady Chronicles Rheagan Wallace’s Unique Hollywood Coming-of-Age

A testament to the transformative power of telling your own story. #HFF25

In her world premiere solo show, STAGE MAMMA: From Child Star to Leading Lady, Rheagan Wallace invites you into her extraordinary life with raw honesty, poignant reflection, and unexpected humor. The show is set for three performances at the Zephyr Theatre as part of Hollywood Fringe Festival 2025 beginning Sunday, June 8th at 2:15 PM, with shows Saturday, June 14th at 3:45 PM and Friday, June 27 2025 at 5:30 PM.

Presented by Soaring Solo Studios, directed by and developed with Jessica Lynn Johnson, the play chronicles Wallace’s unique Hollywood coming-of-age, starting from a small town in Texas to navigating the high-stakes world of LA, all under the relentless guidance of her unforgettable mother—a true “Stage Mamma.” 

What happens when your fiercest advocate is also your most formidable challenge? 

Ultimately, STAGE MAMMA reveals the resilience forged within a complex mother-daughter relationship. It’s a testament to the transformative power of telling your own story—the key to finding her voice, healing, and finally becoming the lead in her own life’s story. Experience this deeply resonant journey, told with abundant humor and heart.

From a small town in Texas to the glitz of Hollywood, this poignant coming-of-age story navigates stardom and the complex relationship between a daughter and her mother who is both her fiercest advocate and greatest obstacle. Rheagan’s one-woman show explores themes of resilience and healing while infusing humor, heart, dynamic characters and a myriad of multimedia including actual home videos.

Experience the dizzying highs and crushing lows of child stardom through Rheagan’s eyes. In a virtuosic solo performance, Rheagan embodies multiple characters – from her formidable mother to industry players and younger versions of herself – wrestling with pressures, ambition, and identity. Blending intimate storytelling with actual home video, she creates a dynamic multimedia theatre experience that brings the past vividly, sometimes painfully, and often hilariously, into the present live on stage. 

Rheagan Wallace is a Texas-born actor and comedian who’s been stealing scenes since before she could even spell the word ‘audition’. After kicking off her career in Dallas with Walker, Texas Ranger, she moved to Los Angeles and quickly built a résumé packed with memorable roles in TV favorites like Malcolm in the Middle, That’s So Raven, 7th Heaven, ER, and NYPD Blue, as well as films including the cult-classic Six-String Samurai and Texas favorite Deep in the Heart. Her starring role in the short film Amazin’ Grace won her Best Actress honors at the Bare Bones International Film Festival.

As a filmmaker and comic, Rheagan brings a heartfelt authenticity to projects that amplify women’s voices, provoke conversation, and invite audiences into deeper reflection.She believes storytelling is fundamental to human connection, that laughter bridges divides, and that the most meaningful art arises from the courage to share our truths.

Developed with Jessica Lynn Johnson, Artwork by Mary Lou Sandler,  3Cubed Studios, Videography by Justin Sandler, 3Cubed Studios, QLab Design, by Nick Foran, Solo Coach: Heather Dowling.

The Zephyr Theatre is located at 7456 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90046

Tickets are $25 and available at Hollywood Fringe website.