Hicks has collaborated with notable visual artists, musicians, and theater-makers including Abigail DeVille, Kaneza Schaal, Cauleen Smith, Helga Davis, and is a member of The HawtPlates. In 2018, he was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for his work as the composer of Mlima’s Tale by Lynn Nottage (The Public Theater, dir. Jo Bonney). Hicks was born in Cincinnati, OH, raised in Lafayette, IN and is based in the Bronx, NY.

Brunson builds site specific works and consider’s most of them ongoing or semi-permanent with an edge of jest that morphs with time. His artwork utilizes found objects to narrate his presented encounters. He also works as a builder/designer specializing in smaller furniture pieces and decor. Brunson has appeared various music outfits as a writer, vocalist, and producer and is currently based in Philadelphia, PA.

She was a featured vocalist in visual artist Steffani Jemison’s Promise Machine (MoMA 2015), and has worked closely with her brother Justin on various sound design and art projects as a vocalist, Jade is also a founding member of The HawtPlates.  

Her regional credits include, The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin at New York City Center, Cincinnati Playhouse’s world premier of The Revolutionists, and The Arden Theater company’s production of Parade, which earned her a Barrymore Award for her portrayal of Minnie McKnight. Film and Television credits include The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, The Blacklist, Odd Mom Out, Hostages, and Bruce Weber’s short film Liberty City is like Paris To Me. Kenita is also a founding member of The HawtPlates with her husband, Justin, and sister-in-law Jade.

Ndegeocello has worked with The Rolling Stones, Prince, Madonna, Chaka Khan, Terrence Blanchard, and Cassandra Wilson. She has also collaborated with Billy Preston, John Mellencamp, Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott, Redman, Lizz Wright, Lalah Hathaway, Zap Mama, Cody Chestnut, Toshi Reagon, and many others.  

Yasak received the 2018 Bessie Award (...Memoirs of a... Unicorn by Marjani Forte-Saunders at Collapsable Hole and NYLA) and 2019 Bessie Award (Oba Qween Baba King Baba by Ni'Ja Whitson at Danspace) for Outstanding Visual Design with her lighting design. She has ongoing collaborations with Raja Feather Kelly / the Feath3r, Ana Maria Alvarez / Contra Tiempo, Ni’Ja Whitson, Nia Witherspoon, Justin Hicks. Among her recent collaborations are Hysteria by Raja Feather Kelly at New York Live Arts, The Bridge Called My Ass by Miguel Gutierrez (The Chocolate Factory/NY, Montpellier Dance Festival/France, The Walker Center/Minneapolis, PICA/Portland) Skinfolk: An American Show written by Jillian Walker and directed by Mei Ann Teo (The Bushwick Starr, NYC), We're Gonna Die written by Young Jean Lee, directed by Raja Feather Kelly (2nd Stage Theater/NYC), among many others. Light, movement, and architecture intertwine in Yasak's work to support space-making and story-telling.