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Shakina made Television history on NBC’s CONNECTING… as the first transgender person to play a series regular on a network sitcom, and she is currently a  writer and director on NBC’s QUANTUM LEAP.  Shakina can also be seen guest starring in Amazon’s GLAAD Award-Winning TRANSPARENT Musicale Finale, which she helped write and produce, and Hulu’s DIFFICULT PEOPLE as the iconic trans truther, Lola.. Her play CHONBURI INTERNATIONAL HOTEL & BUTTERFLY CLUB premiered on Audible in 2020 in collaboration with Williamstown Theatre Festival and was recognized with a 2021 Drama League Award for Best Audio Theatre Production. She is the Founding Artistic Director of Musical Theatre Factory, where she helped to develop hundreds of new musicals including Michael R. Jackson’s Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning A STRANGE LOOP and her own autobiographical glam rock odyssey, MANIFEST PUSSY. Recognitions include The Lilly Award for Working Miracles, Theatre Resources Unlimited Humanitarian Award, The Kilroys List, Logo 30, and two-time Drama League fellow and two-time OUT 100 honoree.

Jacob Yates is a classically trained Cellist and Music Director. His favorite Broadway/Off Broadway credits include WICKED, LES MISÉRABLES, SPRING AWAKENING, ALIVE BY HEART, HADESTOWN (Tour/Broadway), ONLY GOLD, ROCK OF AGES, and currently CABARET at the Kit Kat Club. In addition to his Broadway career, Jacob has toured with Disney’s DISNEY PRINCESS: THE CONCERT as well as performed all over the world with Broadway and Television Stars. He will also be seen in the upcoming feature film, ON A STRING. Upcoming musical projects include HARD ROAD, 5 AND DIME, and WHEN WE TOUCH.

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