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
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