How do you identify as Asian, Pacific Island, South Asian? What is your culture or country of identification? For example: Korean American, Bi-racial: Guam and Dutch, adopted from Bangladesh, etc.

I am a director. Choose all that apply.

Arial artist. Please describe what kind of arial arts you do.

Circus arts. Please describe what kind of arial arts you do.

Comedian /improv. Please describe what kind of comedy or improv you do.

Dancer. Check all that apply.

Magician. Please describe what kind of magic you make.

Performance artist. Please describe the kind of work you create.

Story teller. Please describe your story telling format.

Spoken word. Please describe the kind of spoken word that you create.

Disability Self-Identification

jimmychung82@gmail.com

Photography, English, Magic

Personal & Modern: Close up, stage, walk-around, table to table

Magician, musician, photographer

Japanese/Japanese American

neurodivergent, mental health

Passionate about all forms of art, movement and justice, Maya uses pole dance and movement exploration as a means channel their creative energy and explore what it means to have control and autonomy over one’s body.

jennawang2024@u.northwestern.edu

https://thejennawang.com/projects/performing-arts/

Chinese American, born and raised in Iowa

Jenna is a writer, singer, dancer, and actor currently studying as a student at Northwestern University. She is currently most known for her K-Pop covers, where she has over 200k+ YouTube subscribers

Bharatanatyam (Indian classical dance)

Ballet, Modern, Western Contemporary, Indian Contemporary

Tuli Bera (she/they) is a Bengali-American movement artist, choreographer, teaching artist, administrator and producer based in Chicago. Bera has collaborated and performed with various companies and individual artists: Aerial Dance Chicago, Ashwaty Chennat, Ayako Kato, Chris Knowlton, Cristal Sabbagh's Freedom From and Freedom To, IS/LAND Performance Collaborative, Ishti Collective, Laksha Dantran, Mandala Arts, Paul Gialorenzo, Peter Doorman and Scott Rubin. Beyond performance, they support independent artists as a producer through the J e l l o Performance Series housed by Elastic Arts. They teach Ballet and Aerial Dance for all ages through Aerial Dance Chicago and as an independent teaching artist at various studios and arts institutions. Their own work has been presented in Chicago at Links Hall, Elastic Arts, The Edge Theater (Pivot Arts Festival), Steppenwolf1700 Theater and the Museum of Contemporary Art.

Pop Up Productions/South Asia Institute

South Asian; Sikh-Punjabi-American

Born in New York and raised in San Diego, CA to a Sikh family, Hershey Suri is an Indian-American actress with over ten years of professional training in vocal and theatrical performance. She majored in Theatre with a concentration with Performance at Pomona College in Los Angeles County, CA. During her college career, she performed as principal roles in multiple department shows such as Fastrada in Pippin the Musical, Jo March in Little Women the Musical, and Narrator in Metamorphoses. Aside from her work onstage at Pomona, she also ran the Claremont Colleges Student Theatre Production Company, directed multiple plays, engaged in performance projects within the Los Angeles Area, and auditioned with Telsey & Co, Julie Schubert Casting, and other large casting agencies. She was selected as one of 16 students internationally to attend NYU Tisch's Shakespeare in Performance Program at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA) in London for Spring 2020. Upon completion from the RADA program and graduation from Pomona College in 2021, Hershey currently resides in Chicago, Illinois, represented by Vilma Llaguno with Dream Team Talent. She recently performed a solo performance with Theatre Wit as a 2023 member of the Shattered Globe Theatre's Protégé Ensemble (a cohort of 15 emerging artists in the Chicago-land area selected from hundreds of applications/auditions). She is also going to be performing as Nameless/Ava Understudy in Babes With Blades' upcoming World Premiere production of S. Paradox. In addition, she is set to direct the world premiere of the South Asian production of Next to Normal May 16-26, 2024 with the South Asian Institute. When she is not auditioning or performing, Hershey works as a Paralegal at the leading Civil Rights Law Firm: Loevy & Loevy. She also enjoys whipping up delicious new recipes, exploring new places within the Greater Chicago area with her friends, or singing to herself or for an audience.

richardson.elijah31@gmail.com

Mixed Race. Filipino, Irish, Mexican, or simply Filipino American.

Ballet, Modern, Contemporary, Traditional Filipino inspired Contemporary fusion

Elijah Richardson is a Filipino-American dance artist based in Chicago. Originally from San Jose, California, he graduated with his BFA in Dance Performance from Chapman University in 2018. His professional company credits include DanceWorks Chicago, Collage Dance Collective, Zion Dance Project, and The Cambrians. Since 2021, Elijah has been a company member of South Chicago Dance Theatre where he has performed in major debuts at Jacob’s Pillow, Harris Theater, Auditorium Theatre; tours to Colombia, South Korea, and Vietnam; and in collaborations with Giordano Dance Chicago, and Chicago Opera Theater. His own choreography has been presented at Harvest Chicago Contemporary Dance Festival, Loyola University Chicago, Trifecta Dance Festival, South Chicago Dance Festival, Chapman University, Zion Dance Project, and four times at Mobile Dance Film Festival, among others. As a guest educator, he has taught at the University of Chicago, Western Michigan University, and Northern Illinois University, to name a few. Elijah was honored to be named “25 to Watch” by Dance Magazine for 2023, as well as his recent inclusion in Chicago’s own NewCity Magazine’s “Players 50 List” for 2025. Elijah is proud of his Filipino heritage and continues to embrace and incorporate traditions and values through his choreography.

Standup, storytelling, sketch, improv

Hustle Dance, West Coast Swing

Storytelling performances on Chicago and national storytelling shows (Moth, Writers Theater, RISK! Podcast live show, Do Tell)

Bharatanatyam, Odissi, Kuchipudi, Kathak, Balinese, Khmer Apsara, Ballet, Contemporary, Hip Hop, House, Jazz, Kandyan, Mohiniyattam, Kathakali, Bollywood and Gharba.

The Chicago Korean Dance Company

mansoor@musebookings.com

info@scarlettentertainment.com

aacc.chicago1984@gmail.com

Asian American Coalition of Chicago

support@drybarcomedy.com.

wspolpraca@sztukmistrze.pl

clubasiaimprov@gmail.com

Korean Cultural Center Of Chicago

simmerbrowncomedy@gmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/SimmerBrownComedy

gingerenergy@gmail.com