ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Leona Hariharan is a sophomore at Brown University pursuing a dual concentration in Theatre Arts and Neuroscience. In the future, she hopes to use these degrees to pursue a career in integrative medicine or medical anthropology. On campus, she is a Women’s Peer Counselor, an EMT, a Sexual Assault Peer Educator, and a member of the Sailing team.

Grace L. Talley goes by many names, but you can call them Talley. They are an NYC-based multidisciplinary artist who explores topics such as trans identity, queer performativity, embodiment, and the grotesque in their work. In their free time, you can catch them cutting hair or listening to “the worst music you’ve ever heard.”

Amelia Wycoff (they/she) is a non-binary student/theatremaker/musician/translator/dyke/survivor/writer/reader from Connecticut who loves the color pink, haunted objects, pomegranates, lyric poetry, hairy armpits, the X Files, and, most of all, their trans siblings, who deserve the world and more.

Ozomatli Zárate '22 created the work Trxns 2020 In Memoriam </3, advised by Connie Crawford.

Caitlin Anasi was born in Houston, Texas, and has lived in the area for most of their life. Their parents are immigrants from Nigeria so they are the first-generation-born in America in their family! Their favorite thing so far in their first year at Brown is the community — they truly feel so supported here both socially and academically. Outside of schoolwork, you're likely to catch them reading or watching something to destress; nowadays typically manga and anime. Caitlin naturally tends to gravitate toward bookstores during free time, too—they have a bit of a book-collecting addiction!

abbi '22 created the work motherselfmotherself, advised by Connie Crawford.

Andrew Watring is an interdisciplinary Object-theatre creator, Anarkata-in-training, and educator from sweet home Huntsville, Alabama. Andrew served as the Artistic Director of the Fractal Theatre Collective, a D.C.-based anti-capitalist arts community that embraced community-led, anti-racist direct action as an integral element of theatrical design. Andrew devised, wrote, and directed several of the Collective’s plays, including Fractal’s flagship production, Shakespeare is a White Supremacist II, centered on holding theatrical institutions of power accountable for their active destruction of our craft. Andrew is currently pursuing an MFA in Directing and Acting at Brown University / Trinity Repertory Company Program (2023).

Elmo Terry-Morgan is the Artistic Director of Rites & Reason Theatre, and an Associate Professor in both the Department of Africana Studies and Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies. He is the creator of The Black Lavender Experience.