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Chris L. Terry

Chris L. Terry is wrapping up a Fiction Writing MFA at Columbia College Chicago, where he also works in African-American Cultural Affairs. He is a teaching artist with Storycatchers Theatre, and his writing has appeared in Smokelong Quarterly, Knee-Jerk and more. He spent his late teens and early twenties touring the world, singing for a punk band.

Ozzie Totten

Ozzie Totten is one of the coolest persons you know. His past jobs have included: karaoke host, server, elementary school tutor, segway tour guide, actor, bus boy, theatre director, drag performer, writer, camp counselor, casting director, teaching artist, professional blogger, salesman, barista, big brother, best friend, and bucket of smiles. Needless to say, he has little to no direction in life, and that's totally okay with him!

Joe Tower

Joe Tower is a writer and performer from Dubuque, IA. He is a member of 2nd Story and the founder of cursedwithwords.theatre. He wishes his sign was Libra.

Rose Tully

Rose Tully holds a Bachelor of Arts in Fiction Writing from Columbia College Chicago. Rose has toured her performance work at the Kenyon College LGBTQQ Conference in Gambier, Ohio; Ladyfest Philly; Stimuli III in Bloomington, Indiana; Michiana Fest and all over her Chicago hometown. When Rose grows up, she wants to facilitate community-based writing and performance projects and spent over a year coordinating the education program for the Oak Park Art League School and Gallery. Rose is now focusing full-time on her writing, performance art and visual work. Find Rose’s upcoming shows, stories and blog at rosetully.blogspot.com.

Mike Tutaj

Mike Tutaj has been working as a performer and designer in Chicago theater for the last 8 years or so. He designed video and sound for a number of companies including Barrel of Monkeys (of which he is a company member), Timeline Theater Company (where he is an artistic associate), Serendipity, the Hypocrites, The Neo-Futurists, American Theater Company, Teatro Vista, Steep Theater, Noble Fool Theatricals, the Bailiwick, and many others. As a performer Mike can be seen with Barrel of Monkeys, Noble Fool Theatricals, and occasionally reading a story for Serendipity. Mike earned a BS in Music and Sound Recording from DePaul University, and spends the better part of the week paying it off as the audio/video engineer at the Hadley School for the Blind, though he admits that some of his best video work there is under-appreciated.