Contemporary Performance Network

Ikechukwu Ufomadu Ikechukwu Ufomadu is an actor and comic entertainer. He is creator and host to a number of original, live shows including: his evening of talk-show entertainment Ike at Night (Under the Radar/The Public Theater, The Bushwick Starr, JACK); his night of

Salty Brine The Living Record Collection Salty Brine is a New York-based actor, playwright, and cabaret artist. He is the creative force behindThe Living Record Collection, a series of cabaret performances built around popular albums. Time Out New York has called him “the love

Narcissister Narcissister employs a spectacle-rich approach to explorations of gender, racial identity, and sexuality. Humor, pop songs, elaborate costumes, contemporary dance, and her trademark mask are her tools in deconstructing stereotypical representations. By opening up and turning against themselves what Stuart Hall calls

Jibz Cameron / Dynasty Handbag Jibz Cameron is a performance/video artist and actor living in Los Angeles. Her multi-media performance work as alter ego Dynasty Handbag has spanned 15 years and been presented at such institutions as MOCALA, PS1, Joe’s Pub, The

Erin Markey in conversation with Katherine Cooper: KC: It seems like you have to do a lot of code-switching because you occupy a few different worlds, whether that’s an MTV audition, or family Christmas or making a YouTube video or performing in drag and

Becca Blackwell Becca Blackwell is a NYC based trans actor, performer and writer. Existing between genders, and preferring the pronoun “they,” Blackwell works collaboratively with playwrights and directors to expand our sense of personhood and the body through performance. Some of their

Taylor Mac Taylor Mac (who uses “judy”, lowercase sic, not as a name but as a gender pronoun) is a playwright, actor, singer-songwriter, performance artist, director and producer.  “A critical darling of the New York scene” (NY Magazine), judy’s work has been

Justin Vivian Bond Mx Justin Vivian Bond is a trans-genre artist living in New York City. As a performer both on and Off-Broadway, Mx Bond has received numerous accolades winning an Obie (2001), a Bessie (2004), a Tony nomination (2007), the Ethyl

Javier Molina Francisco Javier Molina is an engineer, actor and media artist working with virtual reality, motion capture, interactive installations, performance art and experimental film. He holds a degree inTelecommunications Engineering from the Army Polytechnic School in Quito, Ecuador. He moved to New York City

Yehuda Duenyas Yehuda Duenyas is an Experience Artist, and founder of the Emmy Award-winning Mindride, an experiential design collective specializing in next-generation entertainment and technology. He has created experiences and productions for Google/YouTube, Walt Disney Imagineering, MGM/UA, the Ad Council, R/GA, Droga

Victor Morales Victor Morales born in Venezuela, received a Law Degree from Universidad Catolica Andres Bello, in Caracas, in 1990. During his time there he was an active member of the University Theater Group, where he directed several plays, including writing and

Hwa Young Jung Hwa Young Jung is an award winning multidisciplinary artist/maker/curator working in the arts, cultural and sciences, facilitating collaborative workshops and projects. Based in Manchester (UK) she has been involved in producing projects with grassroots led community spaces, makers and

Amar C. Bakshi Amar C. Bakshi is an artist whose work focuses on how to integrate technology into environments and across pronounced distance to create new forms of digital-physical public spaces that challenge and subvert existing norms. In particular, he works to

ATOM-R (Anatomical Theatres of Mixed Reality) ATOM-R is a provisional collective exploring forensics, anatomy, and 21st century embodiment through performance, language and emerging technologies. Participants include Mark Jeffery (choreography) and Judd Morrissey (technology and dramaturgical systems) merge digital literary practices and performance,