Author: Qamar Yochanan

Qamar Yochanan (they/them) is a Black, trans non-binary, Jewish actrix, artist, and improviser with over twenty years of experience. They are an alum of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts where they received a BFA in Drama, class of 2011. In 2019, they debuted an improv score Ance$tor Money as part of Stonewall @ 50, curated by Andrea Jenkins. In September 2020, they MC’d the 7th Annual Minneapolis Transgender Equity Summit. They are part of the cast for GEMNI, created and directed by Marcela Michelle as part of as Red Eye Theater’s Works in Progress for their New Works Four Weeks Festival. Qamar’s piece Mx. 4 Minneapolis will be premiering digitally for 20% Theatre Company’s Q-Stage New Work Series March 25-28, 2021. Qamar is a former member of the Transgender Equity Council and Minneapolis Arts Commission, a Marsha P. Johnson Institute Black trans Organizer, Class of 2020, and they raised over $30K with a fundraiser for local Black trans and Native trans/Two Spirit artists. For more details and booking, please see www.yoqamar.com