ROSIE

DIANA SHORTEZ is an award winning Actress, Writer, Director, Performance Poet and spiritual practitioner known for her powerful portrayal of significant historical and literary figures, as well as her commitment to the transformation of traumatic experience through skillful engagement of the Breath, Body, Voice and Imagination.

She has been a proper citizen of the city of New Orleans since the year 2000, and blessed to serve the city's youth as an Arts Educator for over twenty years. A graduate of Antioch College, Diana holds steadfast to her alma mater's founding principle, "Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity." Do not be afraid, my friends. Do your Practice, and All is coming…

Diana E.H. Shortes | (504) 338-9284

www.dianashortez.com diana.shortez@gmail.com

CLARENCE JOHN LAUGHLIN

PHIL YIANNOPOLIS is a New Orleans based freelance journalist. He received the Goren scholarship for his Masters Journalism and International Relations at New York University. During that time he also earned the Marlene Sanders Journalism Award for his work on the Sri Lankan tea estates. Philip is also a rabid Saints fan.

PIERROT

AXI NITYANANDA (TRISTAN CODRESCU) was raised in New Orleans and nursed in the ways music and art create culture. He studied anthropology, theater, and religious studies and founded the street theater ensemble Madame Palmetto’s Amusement Company. He also received his Masters in Chinese Medicine and founded Open Field Acupuncture & Healing Arts in Portland. Axi recently premiered The Legend of Shakti & Shiva, a mythic clown drama and live kirtan that toured the Pacific Northwest.

BARON VON REITZENSTEIN

ANDREI CODRESCU chronicles New Orleans, among other places. New Orleans Mon Amour