Bunch’s work explores a wide variety of sounds, instruments, and subjects to create music that pushes stylistic boundaries.  A trained singer and instrumentalist, she brings her passion for pop and rock music to new depth and emotion in her work.  In addition, Bunch uses environmental sounds such as jackhammers and children playing to connect the songs to daily life.

Travis describes himself as an, “old, Black, Mississippian, Native American, Vietnam veteran” who has been performing for 50 years.  In his work, sonic events are always linked to visual elements which, together, prove a well-defined, all-embracing premise which combines stagecraft, poetry, sound, color-specific noise and non-traditional instruments such as computer software.

Duncan is a freelance director, storyteller, dreamer, and seeker of the magic of theatre’s creativity.  Interested in theatre from an early age, Duncan focuses primarily on the collective experiences of women and African-American ritual in theatre.  Her work strives to understand and further develop methodologies of theatrical style and performance creation.  Ultimately, her work seeks to examine a life in theatre that not only entertains, but also acts as a balm to heal and transform.

Primlani is a writer, performer, theatrical technician and producer who has been working in the arts, activism, and journalism since the early 1990s.  She has written two historical novels and a book of short stories.  She is currently working on a full-length play on the ongoing hostilities between Indian Hindus and Pakistani Muslims.

Fritsch uses memory and imagination in her work as a visual artist.  Her art is a record of social webs; triumphs, struggles, friendships won, and ideals lost.  She is one of the founding members of No Coast, a silkscreen printing and fabric arts studio in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood.

Ramirez has created a body of work which reflects his own heritage, culture, and identity as a blue collar son of immigrants.  He manufactures representations of his environment with minimal iconic imagery inspired by vacant urban factories.  His work at Ragdale will be his first venture into using the natural, rural environment to inform his work.