Pax Ressler

Pax Ressler (Voice, they/she) is a non-binary performer, devisor, music director, and composer working at the intersections of theatre and music as well as arts and advocacy. In addition to the Wilma, they have performed and collaborated with Arden Theatre Company, Bearded Ladies Cabaret, People’s Light, Theatre Exile, Theatre Horizon, Shakespeare in Clark Park, and more. Pax is a passionate advocate and organizer of the local non-binary and trans theatre community with Genderfunk Philly (@genderfunkphilly), an Instagram rolodex of local trans and non-binary theatre practitioners. She recently formed Rise Choir (@risechoircollective), a non-audition group of singers invigorating community spaces with joy and solidarity. Pax’s work as a composer has been heard in The Bearded Ladies’ Barrymore Award-winning Contradict This! A Birthday Funeral for Heroes and in productions at La Mama Experimental Theatre and Works and Process at the Guggenheim in NYC. paxressler.com @paxressler