Jessica Cermak (Sunshine Meadowz) 
Jessica Cermak is a Brooklyn based actor, teaching artist, and theater maker. She uses theater to build community with artists of all levels of experience, abilities, and age. She believes in creating theater that amplifies the voices and point of view of the people creating it.  She has a BFA in theater from Wayne State University, an MA in Applied Theater from SPS CUNY, and has been a proud collective member of WOW Cafe Theater for twelve years.

Lorraine LaPrade (Ms. Brooks)
Lorraine La Prade is a performance artist, storyteller, and educator. A Maryland native, she ventured to New York to explore drag performance art, and soon fell in love with teaching empowerment self-defense, and building community through story sharing and Playback Theatre.  Lorraine wants to thank her family, friends, and WOW Cafe for their support and love. 

 Jasmina Jz Sinanović(Mx Brooks)  
Jasmina Jz Sinanović is a multifaceted creative, performing artist, writer, director, and an educator. They are queer, Balkan and Yugoslavian. They are a war survivor, an immigrant and cross continental trouble maker. They have produced and hosted HyperGender Caburlesque for 11 years. They performed in Bosnia, Serbia, Croatia, Canada, many states and of course NYC! Their queerness, their cultural heritages and sense of displacement features prominently in their work. They are forever grateful to their mother for their love and support and sense of right and wrong.

Bleu Zephra (Nurse Vesper Ferdinand)
Bleu Zephra (they/them/theirs) is a latinx queer storyteller, poet, jack of all trades in the theatre industry and co-organizer of Pa’lante NYC. You can find out more about them through their IG: @thebodegaplato and find more of their poetry at their patreon: www.patreon.com/bleuzephra. Bleu is grateful for your time and energy and they hope you enjoy tonight’s show. 

I.R. Marin (videography and original music) Ileana Rosa Marin is a queer, lesbian, Latina, New Yorikan multimedia artist. She worked as a resident videographer with HyperGender Caburlesque for 11 years. She has also worked with several performers from NYCs burlesque scene and drag scene (JZ Bich, Dottie Lux, Essence Revealed, Sweet Lorrraine, Rose Wood, Crimson Kitty ), queer music scene ( Charlie Demos, Ariel Aparicio) and Cabaret ( Margoh Channing). Most recently she was a part of the artists showcase Isolation supported by City Artist Corps grant.  

Nina (Lighting Design)

Justine (Set Design)

Mistah Coles (voice over)

Brooks Fredericks (voice over)

Lydia Love (sound editing)

Joi Sanchez (light board operator)

Janelle (Intimacy/Fight scene coach)