Magda Oakewoman, Director has been involved in theatre, performing in dance recitals, violin concerts, church benefits, high school Forensics competitions, and stage productions (academic and community), since she was a child. This is her first time officially directing, although she has spent the last six years as coordinator for The Circle of the Silver Scroll, a bardish company who valued sacred drama. As an egalitarian feminist, she has been showing off her schmende proudly for years in writing and storytelling.
Chelsea Loves, Producer is a mystic, energetic healer, and spiritual activist with a degree in Ontology. A Nashville native and experienced world wanderer, she lives in community in East Nashville, teaches yoga, and is part of a nonprofit that feeds the hungry. She is a big fan of God'dess, intricate folds, women, and Baroque philosophy. This is her first time producing and asks that her partners please be gentle. In her last foray onto the stage in 9th grade drama class, she was eaten by mashed potatoes. She is in love with vaginas, including her own Tiger Lily, and brings that love with her into this production.
Lisa Anderson is a Tennessee native and a newcomer to the Nashville stage. By day, she is a deceptively mild-mannered customer service agent for a local health care company; by night, she is a creative writer and passionate pop culture deconstructionist. Read Our Lips represents an opportunity for her to combine her two great loves—art and feminine spirituality—to help other women. You can enjoy reading Lisa's musings at http://storywh0re.blogspot.com/ or click
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Linda Kay Bedell recently moved to Nashville from Birmingham, AL. She completed her undergraduate work in Theatre at Saginaw Valley State University and attended Graduate School at Western Illinois University where she majored in Directing. Ms. Bedell has been involved in Theatre both educationally and professionally. She was a founding member of the touring Improv group “Me, Her, & Some Other Guys”. She also directed and acted in murder mysteries with Richlinyard. Linda is excited to be a part of this production. It combines two of her favorite things…….live theatre and genitals.
Kell Coulter is a shy, diffident wallflower and a budding devotee of Kali. An accomplished musician, singer, dancer, and actor, Kell is a brazen attention whore who brings to this production a burning love of Death Metal and long history of theatre, opera, film, television, and musical performance (both solo and in groups). Kell enjoys her vagina and treats her very well. Though Kell suffers from Gender Dysphoria, she loves being female and has chosen to remain so, and is blessed to be part of a Community who supports her as she trudges the road to happy destiny.
Thomas Kopp has played music and acted in back yards, Pagan gatherings, college quads, and a roller rink. He has recorded songs in an abandoned chicken shed, and was once a practice patient for medical students. Having survived all that, he still has decided to pursue his life-long ambition of acting, performing music, and generally being the occasional center of attention. He is working on the movie Ariadne's Thread as an actor and co-producer, is writing a novel, has thought about doing standup, and needs to vacuum his apartment. He is very happy and honored to be involved in Read Our Lips.
Emily Mount is from Nashville, Tennessee. This is her first theatrical experience since being involved in high school theater at Hume-Fogg Academy, where she was student director of "Look Homeward, Angel" and "Voices from Washington High." By day, she coralls the chaos of ten toddlers, and on the nights and weekends she baristas at Café Outloud. This is her second season singing with Nashville in Harmony. She thanks Sue W. for helping her take her sexuality and spirituality out of the boxes they were in.
William Prater began acting in the fifth grade, when he stole the show with a tip of the hat. To date, he was been with 52 productions and performed at The Belcourt Theater, TPAC, and TSU as well as other venues throughout Tennessee. His work includes a yearly tour of The Laramie Project, performing in Three Sisters at TPAC, and directing Charlie and The Chocolate Factory. This year his production company,
Prater Productions, expanded the agenda to include a weekly open mic, a bi-weekly "Black Box" presentation of new scripts, and four full theater productions in 2008.
Aubrey Weaver is thrilled to a part of Read My Lips. And is excited to be on stage in Nashville. She has appeared on stage in Birimingham, AL. Her most recent works include The Pillowman, The Children's Hour, and James and the Giant Peach.
Dana Weaver is an amazing Spirit Entertainer. She has traveled the US and Canada doing workshops on Feeling Good, Loving ourselves just as we are, and Being Fabulous. She is very passionate about living a life of balance and empowering who we are. She is very proud to be apart of this show because it talks about issues that affect so many. The more we can talk up front about our feminine souls, the more we can heal it, and the more Humanity balances the view of women and their sexuality. Dana loves her vagina, being female, and loves who she is as a person and all the roles that she has chosen to embody. Her vagina has been in a 28 year relationship with the same penis.
Jaime Williams is a pre op M2F transgender, pisces born in the year of the dragon, in an open marriage with a beautiful heterosexual woman. She is originally from West Chicago, Illinois. She has a bachelors in business administration, an associates in accounting, she was a truck driver and now she works as a security guard. She would one day like to have a career where she can use her education and creativity.
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