Jennifer Joy is a New York City-based writer, performer, and director, with a passion for science. Her recent solo show, The Chaos Theory of Now, played in New York City to rave reviews. Her previous solo show, The Physics of Love, toured all over the country. She and her colleague Benu Muhammad were  invited by NASA and the Library of Congress to perform at their Symposium on Astrobiology and Synthetic Biology. Her podcast, Where Science Meets Art, features short stories and audio dramas that play with scientific themes and concepts.

Jennifer is the Artistic Director of the eco-performing troupe, The SciArt6. She has done standup with a science twist, at clubs such as New York Comedy Club, Broadway Comedy Club, Ochi’s at Comix and others. Jennifer’s work has been featured at Highways (Santa Monica); Emerging Artists’ Theatre, Laurie Beechman Theatre, Wow Café and Theatre, and Fresh Fruit Festival (New York City); Jon Sims Center, The Marsh, and Josie’s Cabaret (San Francisco). Her college performance tours have included Scripps College, RIT, University of Redlands, University of Connecticut, College of Staten Island, SUNY Potsdam, SUNY Plattsburgh, Alfred University, Indiana University, University of Northern Iowa, and more. Her commissions include a climate play for the Inter-Religious EcoJustice Network. She’s also an accomplished actor, having worked with LA Women’s Shakespeare Company, SF Shakespeare Company, Emerging Artists’ Theatre (NYC), and Teatro Vision (San Jose). One of her commercials is featured in Fox Television’s World’s Sexiest Commercials, and she has appeared in several films. She received her MFA in Drama from UC Irvine.

Benu Muhammad Vocal Sound FX Artist and Actor
Yazid (Benumerata) Muhammad aka Benu Da Soothsayah has been a Hip Hop performance artist for over 35 years. He is a Hip Hop lyricist, writer, poet, beatbox, actor, and above all… a teacher. He has been instructing kids in various educational programs since 1994, with a heavy focus on creating vocal beats, writing (scripts, lyrics, and poetry) and theatrical presentations. In 2018, he was sponsored by the US State Department’s program Next Level, a cultural exchange program, to bring his unique blend of Hip Hop, beatboxing, and conscious rap to Myanmar. . In 2017, NASA and The Library of Congress brought Benu and Jennifer Joy to perform various works promoting environmental awareness as it relates to the possibilities of astrobiology and synthetic biology. He has also worked with Jennifer Joy and the multidisciplinary group The SciArt6, performing rap, beatboxing, sketch comedy, and dance promoting environmental awareness. His Hip Hop group, Legacy, was sponsored by the US State Dept and Jazz at Lincoln Center to go abroad on a North African tour and cultural exchange program called the Rhythm Road tour, where they taught kids in Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Israel, Egypt, and South Sudan. He has worked with the New Jersey Performing Arts Center’s artist’s residency program, and has created two one-man shows.

Lydia Love Audio Engineer
Lydia Love has been waist deep in the NYC East Village experimental theatre scene since 2009. Performing, producing, and designing in equal proportions: creating art continues to invigorate her love of theatre and online fronteers. She came from a large artistic family in Texas, and often forgets that not all people dedicate their lives to art. Vulnerability and making discoveries are her favorite aspects of performance. Designing furniture and writing music for film are her current non-theatrical endeavors.