http://www.severinefeist.com
Severine Feist is a nonfiction erotica writer and experiential therapist. However unlikely it might seem, she is not someone who lies often. She is absorbed and fascinated with the abstract realism of words. Done with silence and its promotion of lies, she is in favor of truth, which allures her with its capacity for risk. She finds its constant distortion as it comes in contact with perspective charming. She recognizes the sadness in hilarity, and loves to ponder the uncharted intricacies of the human mind. Her own mind is an Escher maze of deviance, lined with fun-house mirrors and peep-show trapdoors. She often feels that she is an id-exhibitionist, exposing her psyche after entering the realm of another's personal space. Through her writing, Ms. Feist hopes one day to stick a crowbar into the minds of America. Armed only with her laptop and perverse sense of humor, she patriotically pledges to uphold her favorite aphorism: ‘If you can’t join them, beat some sense in to them. And if you can’t do that, beat them senseless.’ (Please note: Ms. Feist would like to make clear that she is a non-violent individual, and would never hurt anyone who didn’t request it.)

Frank Blocker is currently performing Fearless Moral Inventory at Stage Left on Mondays, through May 31, 2010.
Frank 's plays include Southern Gothic Novel (Drama Desk Award nomination), Patient Number (Inner Voices Social Issues/Winner), Eula Mae's Beauty, Bait & Tackle (off-Broadway), and Air Marshals. Frank edits the short play and monologue series Stage THIS!, now on Volume 3 . Member of AEA and DGA. www.frankblocker.com

Part writer, part showman, Marlene Nichols believes that if you’re not laughing, you’re not really living. Here latest show JUST BACK FROM DREAMING, about searching for greatness, premieres in NYC in Spring 2009. She received an Artward Bound residency to the prestigious White Oak Plantation in Florida where she developed portions of her current show while running around Baryshnikov’s dance studio. SEEING VOICES, her previous solo show, premiered in 2008 and was selected for the American Theater of Harlem and the Women@Work festivals.

Nichols is a regular on the storytelling circuit, where you can catch one of her multiple personalities performing in The Liar Show at Cornelia Street Café, Talking Stick at the Rubin Museum, LES Stories at the Tenement Museum, and The Forbidden Kiss at Stage Left Studio.
She began her work on stage in 2005 as founding member of the storytelling group Mouthpiece.

She is a 2006 recipient of a Fantasy Fountain Fund Grant which took her to Paris where gave readings at Café Universal and Shakespeare & Company And she blogs! Read her mind at MarleneNichols.blogspot.com.

Topher Cusumano is a performer and poet, who is currently studying theatre and women's studies at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. His poetry has been seen in such publication as The Circle, Teen Ink, The Puck Review, and more. Topher was recently made a regular on Indiefeed radio's performance poetry channel, where is poem "What She Wanted" received rave reviews from listeners. His solo show "Roughhouse" won rave reviews in the Left Out Festival 2009.

Benny Rietveld is a bass player, producer and composer who has played and recorded with many people, most notably with Sheila E., Miles Davis and Santana, but also with John Lee Hooker, Michel Legrand, Zucchero, Dave Matthews, Rob Thomas and many others.
Benny won 8 Grammy Awards™ for his participation on the Santana album Supernatural in February 2000, including playing on the hits “Smooth” and “Game Of Love”. He appears in the seminal rap film Krush Groove, the Warner Brothers video Miles In Paris, and has made numerous appearances on Late Night with David Letterman, Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Musikladen, Later with Jools Holland and dozens of other music and award shows.
He completed his first film score for Brooklyn Rules, starring Alec Baldwin, Mena Suvari, and Freddie Prinze Jr. released in 2007. He’s also written multimedia music for ComputerLife, Computer Gaming World, Sprint and others.
Benny released his first solo CD, Mystery Of Faith in 2002. He is currently working on a second film, another solo release, and a bass instructional movie. He also writes and performs his own music regularly in the East Village area of New York City.

www.bennyworld.com

Stephanie Sellars is a filmmaker, writer, and performer based in New York City. Her award-winning short films (Julie and the Clown, Twenty Minutes of Immortality, In the Cards) have screened internationally at film festivals and on Independent Film Channel. She wrote the Lust Life column for New York Press (2006-2007) and now maintains an erotic blog of the same name. Selected acting credits: The Potable Dorothy Parker, Sex Scenes, Forbidden Kiss, The Fold (watch it at www.thefold.tv) and numerous short films. She has performed and shown her work at numerous venues, among them: Telephone Bar, Mo Pitkin's, Danny's Skylight Room, The Duplex, Stage Left Studio, Cornelia Street Café, Pioneer Theater, National Arts Club, Cannes Short Film Corner, Newport Beach Film Festival. Residencies include Yaddo and Vermont Studio Center. Stephanie holds a BA in English and French from Gettysburg College, and is currently pursuing a MFA in Film at Columbia University. www.stephaniesellars.com http://sslustlife.blogspot.com