Rachel Lang is a fictional character who appeared in The Rage: Carrie 2, and well as being the protagonist of the film. She was portrayed by Emily Bergl, and is the half-sister of Carrie White, the protagonist of the original film.

Rachel is the illegitimate daughter of Ralph White and Barbara Lang. To be with Barbara, Ralph walked out on his wife Margaret and lost contact with his eldest daughter Carrie. Sometime during Rachel's early life, Ralph abandoned his second family, never to be seen again. Barbara, who suffered from schizophrenia, lost her sanity was taken to a psychiatric hospital. It was then that Rachel first showed her powers of telekinesis, slamming and opening windows and doors. Rachel and Carrie both inherited their abilities from their father.

As a teenager, Rachel was living with a foster family. Her only friend, Lisa, had committed suicide when she was humiliated by a jock named Eric Stark, when he seduced her and rated her on the sex. Rachel's powers came back when she made all the lockers in her school open in an instant. Sue Snell, a survivor of the prom incident with Carrie, recognizes this and tries to help her.

Roger Leighton Hall, CNZM, QSO (b. 1939) is one of New Zealand's most successful playwrights, arguably best-known for comedies that carry a vein of social criticism and feelings of pathos.

Hall was born in Essex, England, and educated at London's University College School from 1952 until 1955, when he embarked on a career in insurance. He emigrated to New Zealand in 1958 and continued to work in insurance, also performing in amateur theatre in the city of Wellington. He continued to act while attending Wellington Teachers’ College and Victoria University of Wellington; fellow actor John Clarke praised his impression of then Prime Minister Keith Holyoake as the template for all others. Hall began writing plays for children while teaching, which included a spell at Berhampore School, Wellington.

Hall began writing for television in the 1960s - over the next four decades his television output would grow to include one-off plays, documentaries, pioneering New Zealand television series Buck House and Pukemanu and time on political satire Spin Doctors. Alongside his writing, he appeared on-screen with actor Grant Tilly on 60s sketch show In View of the Circumstances.

Michael Bennett (April 8, 1943 – July 2, 1987) was an American musical theater director, writer, choreographer, and dancer. He won seven Tony Awards for his choreography and direction of Broadway shows and was nominated for an additional eleven.

Bennett choreographed Promises, Promises, Follies and Company. In 1976, he won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical and the Tony Award for Best Choreography for the Pulitzer Prize–winning phenomenon A Chorus Line. Bennett, under the aegis of producer Joseph Papp, created A Chorus Line based on a precedent-setting workshop process which he pioneered. He also directed and co-choreographed Dreamgirls with Michael Peters.

Bennett was born Michael Bennett DiFiglia in Buffalo, New York, the son of Helen (Ternoff), a secretary, and Salvatore Joseph DiFiglia, a factory worker. His father was Roman Catholic and his mother was Jewish. He studied dance and choreography in his teens and staged a number of shows in his local high school before dropping out to accept the role of Baby John in the US and European tours of West Side Story.