Pax Ressler

Pax Ressler (they/she) is a non-binary transfemme composer, organizer and cabaret theatre artist who uses music as a participatory tool to invigorate our collective imaginations towards social change, with humor and humanity at the center. They invite the performer-audience collective to rehearse their values and imagine a better world together through political cabaret (The Bearded Ladies’ Contradict This! & GIRL DOLLS: The American Musical with Jackie Soro this May at FringeArts), communal singing with Rise Choir Collective (@risechoircollective), and trans and non-binary advocacy in the Philadelphia theatre sector with Genderfunk Philly (@genderfunkphilly). Pax is an F. Otto Haas Award finalist and Barrymore Award-winning composer whose work has been performed around the world, on the streets in parades and protests, and at elite cultural institutions. paxressler.com @paxressler