Panelist

Stormie Daie

Stormie Daie is a black non-binary femme southerner from Durham, NC. Daie has worked a decade in drag as an entertainer, emcee and show producer. Daie strives to provide joy ...

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Johann Montozzi-Wood

Johann Montozzi-Wood (facilitator) is an assistant professor of the practice of theater studies at Duke University. He holds a Master in Arts in Theatre Studies from the University of Central ...

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Dale Wolf

Dale Wolf is a mime, an impressionistic doodler, a gardener, birdwatcher, Tranz Masculine human and care taker of a small parcel of the planet in Durham, NC. There, I grow ...

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Kamara Thomas

Kamara Thomas is a songspeller, multidisciplinary storyteller and ritualist based in Durham, NC. She uses her musical “storyworks” as containers for community-based artmaking in pursuit of surprising and disruptive storytelling forms and ...

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Grace Nichols

Grace Nichols (they/them) is a prismatic performance artist and writer. They can be seen at various venues around The Triangle performing standup, sketch, and drag. In 2022 they were selected as ...

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Monet Noelle Marshall

Monet Noelle Marshall (she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist, writer, director, and cultural strategist whose work spans performance, film, audio, and social practice. She uses arts and culture interventions to create ...

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Jesse Huddleston

Jesse Huddleston (he/she/they/we) comes from a family of artists, educators, and public servants, all from North Carolina, where he has lived since 2006. As a Black genderqueer artist and practitioner ...

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Naomi Dix

Naomi Dix is one of the Triangle’s most dynamic, versatile, boundary pushing Drag artist. She was born into the Drag world March of 2014, making her debut as a House ...

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Cris Culton

Originally from Venice, California, Cris loves the beach, art, and the unusual. They attended UC Santa Cruz, living in the beautiful Redwood forest and its spirit of place. Now in ...

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JoRose Burwell

Born in Durham NC, the apex of the center of the universe (and the American South) JoRose is a shiny, diasporic, queer professional actor whose passion for storytelling transcends conventional ...

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