PANGAEA

Pangaea is a multifaceted artist based in the Bay Area. As a mixed black trans woman, her work is deeply rooted in her experiences and identity, which she weaves into her singing, writing, costuming and set design, performance art, drags and activism. Her creative pursuits are fueled by her commitment to amplifying the voices of Black and Brown, trans, and queer artists, shaping vibrant and inclusive artistic spaces. She makes up one fourth of the Bay Area artist collective The House of Perception.

TINA D’ELIA

Tina D’Elia is a mixed-race Mexican, lesbian/queer-identified feminist artist, performance coach and acting instructor, SAG-AFTRA actor, voice over talent, award-winning solo performer, casting director, executive producer, and co-screenwriter.

She stars in the award-winning SAG webseries on YouTube: Assigned Female at Birth (2020-2021). D’Elia co-wrote an episode in The Sins and Secrets of Tabar Lake a radio play created by AJ Baker and was the voice over opening and closing credits (2021).

D’Elia was nominated by Broadway World San Francisco 2023, for Best Solo Performer and Solo Show The Rita Hayworth of this Generation. She received an Executive Producer Award (2019) Best Actress Award (2017) Diversity Casting Award (2017), and the Trailblazer Award (2015) from the Equality International Film Festival. She was cast as the solo performer in Eye Zen Presents’ Out of Site: Haight-Ashbury. Her solo shows include: The Break-up! A Latina Torch Song, Overlooked Latinas, The Rita Hayworth of this Generation, which garnered Best of Fringe and Best of Sold-Out Shows with the San Francisco Fringe Festival … read more.

SETH EISEN

Seth Eisen is a San Francisco-based artist, writer, director, dramaturg, archivist, and educator who engages LGBTQIA+ history as a living, breathing dialogue by researching lost legacies. His transdisciplinary aesthetic combines physical theater, dance, ritual puppetry, drag, circus, installation, and video art. Blurring the edge between art, research, and activism, the work is a hybrid of visual art and immersive live theater. For 25 years Seth has staged performance pieces, original plays, street spectacles and installations and has curated and appeared in numerous collaborative projects created with other Bay Area artists. As dramaturg he’s worked with theater and dance companies and solo artists in the Bay Area and beyond. His solo performances and installation projects have been featured locally at spaces from Oakland Museum of California, The Contemporary Jewish Museum and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts to smaller alternative spaces… read more.

JAX BLASKA

Jax is a queer creative maker with an emphasis in theater direction, dramaturgy, and new-work production management. A born-and-raised San Franciscan, they are proud to have grown out of the unique cultural legacy here and to contribute to its preservation and perseverance. Their creative collaborations span devised theatre, immersive experiences, dance, installation, and performance art. Jax believes in seeking transformation, liberation, and belonging through art.

INTERVIEWEES

A special thank you to the awe inspiring queer elders who are the foundation to this project.

Michael Sumner, Haight St. communard and scholar

Fayette Hauser, Founding member of The Cockettes and longtime Haight st. denizen
David Weissman, Documentarian and director of the film “The Cockettes” and longtime Haight St. denizen
Jim Seigel, Haight Street legacy business owner and victorian restorationist

Aaron Shurin, Writer/poet, educator and longtime Haight St. denizen
Peter Mintun, Former member of The Cockettes, pianist and was one of Sylvester’s first accompanists.
Joey Cain, Former member of BAGL and Gay Liberation Front, longtime Haight St. denizen, LGBTQ historian and curator and co-founding volunteer of Bound Together Anarchist Collective Bookstore

Murray Edelman, Former member of Gay Liberation Front, Gay Activist Alliance and co-founder of Lavender University
Peggy Caserta, Haight Street entrepreneur and inventor of the bellbottom jean
Larry Byes, Dancer, singer and activist with Glide Ensemble and longtime Haight resident.
Michael Starkman, Longtime Haight st. denizen, Fine Art Photographer and artist, former member of the Gay Men’s Theater Collective

In honor of

Stephen Eisen (1961-1995)

who was a gifted filmmaker and writer. He was a generous and gregarious friend, son, and brother. He was the co-founder of BE Pictures that made educational films on contemporary topics in humanities, sports and science. He died May 1995 and was survived by his brother Seth, two sisters and parents.