Education
MFA
- 2010 Interdisciplinary Arts and Media from Columbia College Chicago
- 2010 Stand-up comedy classes at Zanies and through the Feminine Comique at Lincoln Lodge
- 2010 Annoyance Theater
- 2003 !O Chicago Training Center (awarded internship)
- 2002 Second City Conservatory Program (awarded internship)
BS
- 2001 Agricultural Education and Agricultural Technology Management from University of Arizona (cum laude and with honors in each, Outstanding Student of the Year in Agricultural Technology Management)
Most Noted Performances
- 2010-present opened for comics: Michele Balan, Jessica Kirson, Julie Goldman, and Vickie Shaw
- 2005-present numerous comedy/hosting performances- local, national, and internationally (monthly)
- 2005-present various fire performances- local, national, and internationally (monthly)
- 2004-present various burlesque/belly dance performances- local, national, and internationally (monthly)
- 2004-2008 Estrojam/ Decibelle Women’s Music Festival, Chicago, IL
- 2003-2007 Sissy Butch Brothers Burlesque, Chicago, IL (including VIC Theater with Margret Cho)
- 2004-2007 Great Big International Drag King Show, Washington, DC
Traveling Conferences
- 2012 International Drag King Extravaganza 14, Cleveland, OH
- 2011 Mind the Gap (IDKE off year), Columbus, OH
- 2010 International Drag King Extravaganza 12, Baltimore, MD
- 2010 Femme Conference, Oakland, CA
- 2009 International Drag King Extravaganza 11, Tucson, AZ
- 2008 International Drag King Extravaganza 10, Columbus, OH
- 2008 Femme Conference, Chicago, IL
- 2007 International Drag King Extravaganza 9, Vancouver, BC
- 2006 International Drag King Extravaganza 8, Austin, TX
- 2005 International Drag King Extravaganza 7, Winnipeg, Manitoba
- 2004 International Drag King Extravaganza 6, Chicago, IL
Tours
- 2009 Individual Performance tour (Oct/Nov), Dublin (Dublin Lesbian Arts Festival) and Paris
- 2009 Individual Performance tour (May), Berlin, Italy (Milan, and Switzerland
- 2009 Windy City Blenders tour (Feb/March), Dublin, Ireland and Berlin, Germany
- 2005 Windy City Blenders tour, Dublin, Ireland and Berlin, Germany
- 2004 Windy City Blenders tour, Toronto, Canada
- 2004 Windy City Blenders tour, Dublin, Ireland
Assorted
- 2010 Bound and Determined, second full-length one-woman show and multi-media installation
- 2008 Michigan Women’s Music Festival, performed comedy, fire dancing, burlesque, hosted shows
- 2007 Temple of Poi Civic Center Showcase, San Francisco, CA, fire danced in international showcase
- 2006 The Lola Project, Chicago, IL- collaborative full-length drag and burlesque show
- 2006 Gay Games Chicago, Chicago IL
- 2004 Painted Mirrors, first full-length one-woman show at the Historical Leather Archives, Chicago, IL
Grants/Awards/ Distinctions
- 2009 Named the International Guest of Honor at the Dublin Lesbian Arts Festival
- 2009 Selected as one of top ten queer performers in Chicago to tour with the Windy City Blenders as part of a gender performance outreach program (2009/2005/2004 on all four international trips)
- 2009 Named a Fellow for the Institute of the Study of Women and Gender in the Arts and Media
- 2009 Awarded the Albert P. Weisman Award for thesis project entitled Bound and Determined
- 2008 Named America’s Seventh Funniest Lesbian by Curve Magazine (November issue)
- 2008 Presenter/ Performer at the Femme Conference held in Chicago
- 2007 Departmental Merit Award for Inter Arts at Columbia College Chicago
- 2007 Named one of the “Top Five People to Know in Chicago” by the Reader in their annual review of Chicago and its communities
- 2007 Shared stage with Margret Cho at the VIC Theater w/ Sissy Butch Brothers historical queer show
- 2005 and 2004 Awarded “Top 30 Under 30” Distinction by the Windy City Times
