Eliot Colin (they/he) is a playwright, stage manager, house manager, and arts administrator who loves all things ghostly and monstrous. Creatively, they are fascinated by the people, events, and memories that haunt us. How might listening to these ghosts help us create new, impossible futures? As the Co-Executive Director at Gender Fucked Productions, Eliot works to support trans and nonbinary artists in creating work and worlds that don’t suck! They’re also an artistic ensemble member at Redtwist Theatre, and you might have seen them working Front-of-House at the Apollo and Goodman Theatre. Eliot holds a Masters of Social Work from Loyola University Chicago and a post-graduate certificate in Film, Literature, and Visual Media from Northwestern University.
Eliot Colin (they, he)
Co-Executive Director
Yul Ailea Stites (Yaz) is a multidisciplinary shapeshifter whose body of work flings itself nine generations in every direction. Their oeuvre centers masking, narrative, and embodied practice for speculative worldbuilding and justice-based futures. Having presented original work at the International Association of Blacks in Dance, the Library of Congress, and the Collegium for African Diaspora Dance, they come to Gender Fucked Productions rooted in rhythm, history, and radical imagination. As an administrator and teaching artist, they have built programs for accessible arts education in Bronzeville and elsewhere on the South Side through the Harold Washington Cultural Center, Senses to Soul School of Music, and the Making A Difference Dancing Rhythms Organization (M.A.D.D. Rhythms).
Yaz Stites (xe, they, chaotic)
Interim Co-Executive Director
Theo Alexander Sullivan is a drag artist, poet, editor, and educator located in Chicago, IL. His work is focused on the Black queer experience, tying in themes of womanism, the body and the digital world, examinations of masculinity, mental illness in the Black community and the human condition. Having grown up on the fringes of their own communities, Theo also brings a sense of the alien and other-worldliness to their work, which they attribute to a love of speculative fiction. Catch him performing around the city, or behind the scenes at some of your favorite venues!
Theo Alexander Sullivan (he, they)
Co-Artistic Director
Lorena Torres García (they, elle, she)
Co-Artistic Director
Lorena Torres García (they, elle, she) is a visionary non-binary, trans artist of Puerto Rican and Black heritage. As the Artistic Director of Trans Voices Cabaret Chicago since 2020, they have passionately championed the visibility and importance of Trans artists. Lorena’s dedication shines through their productions, which predominantly feature trans casts, always ensuring fair compensation. Their mission extends beyond the stage, as Lorena empowers Trans artists to produce their own projects. The impact is undeniable, with performers from their cabarets securing agents and coveted roles in various theatre companies. Lorena Torres García is a driving force for inclusivity, equality, and empowerment in the world of theatre, ensuring that trans voices are heard and celebrated.
Jay (Ze/Hir, They/Them) is excited to combine their passion for working with the trans community and their accounting education and experience as the bookkeeper for Gender Fucked Productions. Jay is a care worker and master's student in accounting. Ze is also the organizer of Genderqueer Chicago, a weekly community discussion group, and Programming Manager at Camp Lilac, an overnight summer camp for trans teens. In hir free time, Jay likes to contra dance and play Nintendo switch.