JUICE BAR
The Creators
Cara Deptula
One of the visionaries and co-creators of the “Juice Bar” project, Cara is a Creator, Producer, Actress, and Healer. Cara has always been an advocate for health and wellness, hence "Juice Bar". She was writing stand up around the health food industry and was drawn to the social crowd in health food stores. She felt that writing stand-up could get her some notice to work in TV, similar to the likes of Whitney Cummings.
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The Juice Bar wheels were churning.....Cara was writing and then she met Obi who owned a nonprofit production company. She thought "well if I write a show, he can then produce it". Cara started writing concepts around characters. Obi and Cara started meeting daily - Cara sharing her ideas with Obi, that eventually led to Obi putting them into script! ... Hence the birth of Juice Bar.
Obi Ndefo
A native Los Angelean, his work with young people in schools and community organizations has focused on bridging cultures and creating a voice for common welfare. Seeking to connect his Nigerian and Jewish-American roots, he began writing, directing, and acting to tell stories of unity. After receiving his BA in psychology from Yale University and MFA from the Yale School of Drama, he went on to work at the Williamstown Theater Festival, Yale Repertory Theater, the Santa Monica Playhouse, and the Cornerstone Theater in Los Angeles. After acting in film and television for years he wrote and directed the short film Downstream, starring Eric Stoltz and Saul Williams, and was brought on to write American Amplitude, a film currently being developed about the birth of Hip Hop in America.
He currently lives in Los Angeles, writing and directing, while working as a theater educator and yoga/movement teacher (LA County High School for the Arts, LA Center for Enriched Studies).
