was Dorothy in The Wiz at Woodminster Amphitheater in Oakland and also appeared at Sacramento’s Music Circus. She was with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon from February through October 2001, appearing in Life is a Dream, directed by Laird Williamson; Enter the Guardsman, directed by Peter Amster; and The Merry Wives of Windsor directed by Lillian Groag. Kalene lives in the San Francisco Bay area and teaches when she is not performing.