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KELLI DUNHAM: Everyone's favorite ex-nun genderqueer nerd comic. Kelli was one of Velvet Park Magazine's 25 Significant Queer Women of 2011 and was named to the 2012 Campus Pride Hotlist. Kelli was also given the The Fresh Fruit Festival Award for Distinction in stand-up comedy, although Kelli has never before or since been called distinguished. Kelli is a registered nurse and the author of four books of humorous non-fiction, including two children's books being used by Sonlight conservative home schooling association in their science curriculum. Her fifth book, Freak of Nurture, a collection is humorous essays is being released by Topside Press in Spring 2013. http://www.kellidunham.com/

Kelli has three comedy CDs to her credit "I am NOT a 12 Year Old Boy" "Almost Pretty" and "Why Is the Fat One Always Angry" all which are on regular rotation on Sirius/XM Satellite Radio's Rawdog Comedy Station and Pandora's Margaret Cho Comedy Station. For a limited time, you can download "Why Is the Fat One Always Angry" for pay whatever you want (even nothing) on Kelli's website.

Kelli was recently the expert on "What Is Normal" in Twist Magazine (known as Tiger Beat's little sister magazine), on a page facing a full color poster of Justin Beiber. There isn't even a ironic statement to match that, it's just strangely true.

JANA FISHER: The children of ministers are known be angels or troublemakers. Jana Fisher is a good girl everywhere but the piano where she says, "Music is my rebellion." Jana began performing as a child in church in rural Ohio. When the family business uprooted her Florida, she confessed her anguish to the piano, eventually writing, producing, recording, and self-releasing her first album, A History of Sleepwalking. Ideals & Deals is her first EP since relocating to New York City, an intimate yet lively release constructed around piano, guitar, and light percussion. From obsessing over the "30k" that makes or breaks a big city transplant, to purposely undermining a relationship in "You Deserve Better," to recording new love for a woman in "If I Ever Break Your Heart"- all three songs confess what we'll do for our ideals, the shocking compromises of survival, and the rewards reaped from a life richly lived.

JASON SCHNEIDERMAN: Jason Schneiderman is the author of Sublimation Point, a Stahlecker Selection from Four Way Books, and Striking Surface, winner of the 2009 Richard Snyder Prize from Ashland Poetry Press. His poetry and essays have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, including American Poetry Review, The Best American Poetry, Poetry London, The Penguin Book of the Sonnet, and Tin House. He has received fellowships from Yaddo, The Fine Arts Work Center, and The Bread Loaf Writers' Conference. He holds an MFA from NYU and a PhD from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He directs the Writing Center at Borough of Manhattan Community College. http://Jasonschneiderman.net/

THEATER IN ASYLUM: A New York-based dance-theater company founded in 2010 to provide asylum to highly-charged subjects and characters. With thrilling performance, we suspend preconceptions, analyze a subject's origins and leave audiences with newfound understanding and empathy. http://www.theaterinasylum.com/

Their piece OLE! explores heir tumultuous love affair between FREDRICO GARCIA LORCA and SALVADOR DALI which began in college and ended with Dalí's flight to Paris as Spain descended into civil war. ¡Olé! takes you into the bullring as these two matadors pit magic against science through paint, poetry, and flamenco dance.