Bella isn’t feeling quite herself– is she being poisoned? Tortured? Slowly driven mad? There’s nothing like a night of parlor games to take one’s mind off such unpleasantries- and you’re all invited to play in this Trans Drag parody of a play so iconic it’s become a verb: Gaslight.
Chris Steele (she/they) is a queer trans nonbinary performance artist, writer, and activist. Her work centers on highlighting queer narratives throughout history and combating bigotry and white supremacy. As an actor, she has performed with companies across the Bay including We Players, NCTC, Cutting Ball, SF Shakespeare Festival, and SF Playwrights Festival. As a writer she premiered adaptations of Angel Street (or Gaslight), Miss Julie, Troilus and Cressida, and Dracula with queer collective Poltergeist Theatre Project; had short plays produced by The Pear, PlayGround, and Cutting Ball; debuted solo drag shows The Bride and My Grandmother Wore Pants with PlayGround Solofest; were commissioned by Custom Made to adapt The Tempest, and directed and debuted their world premier hypermeta adaptation of Rossum’s Universal Robots at Cutting Ball Theatre. Her award-winning drag persona Polly Amber Ross can be found on instagram @pollyamberross. As a producer, Chris specializes in Marketing and Communications, helping nonprofit organizations share the process behind their purpose through dynamic visual media.
COSTUME DESIGN … Chris Steele
PROP DESIGN … Nathaniel Bice
MUSIC … Kat Robichaud
LYRICS … Kat Robichaud with Chris Steele