Meet The
Artists
LJ Shields
Lindsay “LJ” Shields is a multi-disciplinary artist. They love collaborating, exploring the world’s questions through theater and community. They are a native Kansan and BAX EMERGENYC 2024 Alum. When not on or backstage, they can be found traversing trails and waterways around the world. Follow them @ActingPolitical
DAVID QUANG PHAM
David Quang Pham is an award-winning Vietnamese American writer, composer, and science communicator. Originally from Michigan, they are recognized for creating works that personify science to explore the human condition and social issues. They are a 2026 How We Heal: Films Lab filmmaker, 2026 Cinephilia fellow, 2024 Great Performances Fellowship Award recipient, 2021 Playwrights Foundation fellow, and 2020 Working Title Playwrights apprentice. Be up to lightspeed at @ScienceTheatre or science.studio.
MARS
Mars (he/they) aka Pan de Lune (@pan_de_lune) is a drag performer and multi-hyphenate who believes in the power of art to channel our shared humanity. Hailing from Philly, he’s equal parts cheese and whiz! They love to make genre-defying work that brings together communities from diverse backgrounds, with a particular focus on trans joy and gender absurdity. When not lip-syncing to cursed mashups, you can find them in the historical queer romance section of your local bookstore.
GRACIELLA YE'TSUNAMI
Graciella Ye’Tsunami (they/Tsunami/we/Ocean) is a Black queer fat trans nonbinary creative based in Brooklyn. Tsunami has their MFA in Dance from Temple University. Ocean is a poet & writer, Afro-diasporic historical & spiritual dramaturge, movement & theater maker, singer & sound vocalist, community builder, spiritualist, and death doula in training. Tsunami’s work explores lineage, ritual, devotion, community, Black queer quantum love letters, and creativity on the horizon of revolution.
ANNAM JOY
Annam Joy is a multi-media visual and performance artist, educator, and activist. Their life’s work can be described as creative advocacy for Mother Earth and for all the life she sustains with acts of joy, words of truth, and thoughts of love. Annam has a small business called Married to Earth, a shop and service that teaches repair culture, offering alternatives to American capitalist consumer culture by selling up-cycled and mended clothing, jewelry, and home goods. They are also the founder and co-organizer for Artists for Mutual Aid NYC, a volunteer collective that organizes art market fundraisers for social justice organizations. Their Drag persona is Moon Joy Divine, a super-hero spirit child of Mother Earth, who puts on family-friendly performances. Their work has been supported and recognized through The Bead Project, BAX, Emerge NYC, CulturePush, and Creatives Rebuild NYC.