Jennifer K. Yancey, aka The Poet RoseGold, is a native of The Bronx, NY and 20-year Army veteran dedicated to powerful expression through the written – and spoken – word. She believes Poetry is not a spectator sport, nor is it for the faint of heart, thus her personal art does not serve as entertainment. … Read more
Emily Newton was born in Iceland and traveled with her military family from Alabama to Germany to Colorado where she spent a majority of her life. She dabbles in all things story-telling. She writes poetry, novels, plays, draws cartoons and illustrations, and is a professional actor in the Colorado Springs region.
Peyton Elise is a Colorado Springs poet, and just finished publishing her first poetry collection titled, Beyond the Yellow Door. From the beginning, Peyton has written over heartbreak. She remembers the first time she shared her first blog, “the beautiful heartbreak,” and the world loved it — she hasn’t stopped ever since. Through love and … Read more
Vanessa Little has always been an educator artist at heart and spent the first nine years of her life in Landstuhl, Germany, before settling with her family and growing up in Colorado Springs. She is presently the founder, owner, and director of Lil’ Miss Story Hour, a grass roots, donation-run educational literacy program that hosts … Read more
A young upstart on the Colorado scene, Russell Keller has already established himself as a local comedy staple, regularly performing at both Loonees Comedy Corner and 3Es Comedy Club. Born and raised in the Springs, Russell started his comedy journey after a screenwriting professor told him a script of his wasn’t very funny – out … Read more
Kels Choo (she/they) is a Hawai‘i-raised artist self-publishing comics and making art in Colorado Springs. Working in a variety of mediums, her work is inspired by color & nature she was surrounded by growing up in Hawai‘i, her mixed East Asian heritage, as well as general monsters & magic. Since graduating from the School of … Read more
Zack Sztanyo runs the Butte Theater in Cripple Creek Colorado. The Butte Theater is one of the few places left in the US to see the Classic Melodrama. Zack is an actor at heart, and it is beyond exciting to for him to be running the Butte. Taking this job was an answered prayer for … Read more
Pirronne Yousefzadeh is the Producing Artistic Director of the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center Theatre Company. Pirronne has a passion for new work that centers and uplifts the stories of global majority communities and has developed and directed work at Playwrights Horizons, New York Theatre Workshop, The Public, Soho Rep, Atlantic Theater Company, Page 73, Ars … Read more
Kendra Dae Shock has been an aspiring actress since she was in elementary school and has pursued it ever since. She has been in a variety of live productions such as SET’s Julius Caesar and Theatre D Art’s Walking Ghost Tours as well as local films such as Venus In Cancer and Only Devil’s Die … Read more
Melissa O’Rear founded Theatre Across Borders in the summer of 2020 during COVID. TAB’s first show, Magic of the Marsh, sold out all 36 shows before opening day as was the first play staged in El Paso County after the lockdown. An MA grad from NYU, Melissa commits to creating safe places for young people … Read more
