Bea Cordelia is an award-winning, Chicago-bred, LA-based, internationally slandered multi-hyphenate whose work uplifts and reimagines the narratives of transgender people.
A lifelong artist and a graduate of Northwestern University in Theatre (Playwriting), she approaches her work with a multidisciplinary lens. Her mission is to tell new stories in new ways, and to weaponize vulnerability to elicit empathy across
boundaries of identity and difference.

Jason Jackson is a Chicago-based musician, artist, and dancer. Jason has worked in an array of different but interrelated contexts including classical music and opera, ballroom dancing, progressive rock, cruise ships, theater and musicals, and choreography. Most recently he has parlayed his self-therapy into abstract visual art that he sells online. 

​Alana Parekh is a movement artist based in Chicago. Her main interest lies in how intuitive movement can be used for emotional healing.

Haydée “hr” Souffrant is a Chicago-based Haitian American writer, producer, and facilitator. Her decade long experience in nonprofit arts administration, along with restorative justice work hand in hand to create conversations that anchor organizations and artists towards change and resolution.

Pam Chermansky is a theater artist who has made Chicago her home since 1996. As an actor, mime, and clown, she has performed through the U.S. and internationally. Her passion for theater arts and compassion for children and elders has led her to create original and ongoing work for a number of organizations including Apple Circus Clown Care Unite, Healthy Humor, Vaudeville Chicago, CircEsteem, and Good Medicine Productions. Pam is a member of “The Ruffians”, a Chicago artist collective.

Jason Raynard is a storyteller, filmmaker, dancer, and more, based in Chicago. He is an artist in every sense of the word. Jason is a regular performer at Beauty Bar’s Salonathon. 

Jason’s art is profoundly moving and can shift the energy of an entire room through the depth of compassion and vulnerability it reveals. 

Jax is a trans, Japanese, self-taught hand poke tattoo artist from Chicago. Her artistic background is in fashion design, circus performance, performance art, and illustration. She grew up as a circus performer specializing in contortion, acrobatics, gym wheel acrobatics, and aerial arts. She has performed and competed around the globe. 

CircEsteem’s mission is to unite youth across all backgrounds and identities by fostering self-esteem and mutual respect through the practice and performance of circus arts.
keeping everything running smoothly. With exceptional organizational skills and a knack for multitasking, Charlie ensures projects are delivered on time and within budget.