Staff and Artists in Residence
Dwayne Calizo: Executive Director
Activist/Singer/Composer/Musical Director/Educator
is the Chair of the Creative Inquiry Program at New College of Clifornia and is a Professor and Co-Founder of The Experimental Performance Institute, the worlds first Queer and Activist Performance Degree program.  He received his B.M. in Vocal Performance from University of Hawaii and his M.A./M.F.A. in Creative Inquiry from New College of California.  He is Co-Director of the experimental theater company, ghosttown.  During the last 20 years, he has sung professionally in theater, opera, experimental performance, dance theater and robotics-theater, and has been the Musical Director and/or Vocal Director for Deus Machina, The ESP Project, Bophadem, Theater Concrete and ghosttown.  In addition to his performance experience he has composed 3 scores for musicals, 4 song cycles, "The Toxic Cocktail 1988" about the AIDS epidemic in Los Angeles, "Boobie Trapped" 1993, "Broken 1998" and "SPIT" 2004, 2 radio commercials, 4 soundtracks for short films, 4 albums, 11 dance theater scores, and over 50 ballads.  He has also produced, written, and directed 4 short films, and 3 "Rock Theater" extravaganzas "The Queens Rain", "Drag Attack" and "AIDS the Made for T.V. Musical".

Email: voicefactorysf@gmail.com
Current Projects: The Toxic Cocktale 2008, Crash Cabaret, Hazzardous Waste Project and Sundaybest @ MCVF

Julia Allen: Artist in Residency/Program Director
Activist/Performer/Poet/Organizer
Email:jojohit@hotmail.com

Core and Resident Artists/Company's 2008

Dwayne Calizo: Singer/Composer/Performer/Educator/Producer

Julia Steele Allen: Performance Maker and Best Friend

Steven Tritto: Performance Maker/ Musician and Co Director of K.O

Ramona Web: Multi Disaplanary Performance Maker

S.F. Slam and Experimental Mic

Harvey Rabbit: Performance Maker/Singer and Co Director of K.O

Cody Gianotti: Musician/Performer/Educator

S.F. Buffoons: Erik Wilcox and Riddle

Kitten on the Keys: Chantuese Extra-Ordinaire

Beth Triffilo: Activist Cabaret Artist

Nikki Selken: Performance Maker/Musician/Digital Artists and Co Director of K.O. Labs

Malia Movement Company: Hip Hop Contemporary Dance Performance

Guerilla Rep: Terrence Beswick Award Winning Play--HOTSHOT--

Veronica Combs: Performance Artist