Artistic Associates
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Davon Suttles (Assistant Artistic Director)(they/he), a multidisciplinary artist in Chicago, who grew up studying and performing American tap dance in Keane Sense of Rhythm’s Youth Tap Ensemble. Davon is also an actor and an alumnus of both Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists and Columbia College Chicago’s Musical Theatre Performance program. In 2019 Davon received the Cultural Community Partnership Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board for their first self-produced work MELANIZED, a multimedia tap dance show about living as a person of color. This show addressed macro- and microaggressions towards people of color, as well as showcased the beauty of living as a POC.
In 2025 Davon received an artist residency with Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble in their newly reinstated Body Passages program; with whom they had been working with as a teaching artist since 2021. Come August of 2025 Davon will begin their transition into their new role as Assistant Artistic Director of Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble; whose mission is to “engage, inspire, and challenge audiences, both onstage and in the classroom, through innovative, multidisciplinary storytelling. We do this in the genre of Tanztheatre, "which unites all art media to achieve an all- embracing, radical change in humankind." Davon is also a company member of M.A.D.D. Rhythms, a non profit tap company based on the South Side of Chicago, whose mission is to preserve, promote and contribute to this art form called tap. |
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Timothy David Rey (Ensemble) is a playwright, poet, and performer. He is a 2023 Semi-Finalist for the Eugene O'Neill National Playwright Conference for his play, ZIP, and is a two-time recipient of Changing Worlds'/ Artswork Fund's- 'Survive and Thrive Grant' for his ongoing work, 'The Monologue Play' as well as a 2022 Lambda Literary Playwriting Fellow for Emerging LGBTQ+ voices. His work has been published and performed at the Poetry Foundation, Emerge! Lambda Literary's Anthology of Emerging LGBTQ+ Writing, Obsidian, Sixty Inches from Center, Steppenwolf Theater Lookout Series, and elsewhere. His book of poetry and performance, Little Victories, was published in 2012 by the LGBTQ+ imprint New Town Writers Press. He has performed at venues including the NYC Fringe Festival and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
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Wannapa P-Eubanks (Ensemble) is a Butoh artist, improviser, choreographer, movement coach, and actor who creates expressive works, including movement based interactive performances. Her work often stems from a personal experience or a specific memory that grows into a poetic image that she imbues with the memory of the moment.
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