Kelindah Bee
Kelindah bee is an educator, producer, writer and drag performance artist under the name "Theydy Bedbug." Kelindah has been an artist fellow with Queer | Art, EmergeNYC, a resident artist with Siren Arts: TRANSFORMER and Musical Theatre Factory, and a NYSCA and BAC grantee. As the founder of the Drag Performance Program at BAX | Brooklyn Arts Exchange, they have been profiled by The NY Times and Rolling Stone. Kelindah is based in Brooklyn, guest directs at NEYT, and performs on tour with NY Times bestselling author and podcast host, Amanda Montell, on the "Big Magical Cult Show." In Brooklyn they facilitate public school residencies focused on using performing arts to interrupt instances of identity-based harm and build empathy across differences. Dubbed “MAGA Right’s Worst Nightmare” by trans trailblazer Kate Bornstein in an article for THEM, Kelindah brings the blessings of gender expansive performance to people of all genders and generations.