Max Ariel is a singer/songwriter, among many things. He wrote this bio himself in the third person. He wants everyone to know that singing/songwriting is not his whole life.

Flat Mary Road is a Philadelphia based “folk-rock” band that started in 2007. They have played in several different bars, venues, and coffeehouses throughout Philadelphia, and have been featured in specific art festivals, openings, and craft fairs.

The Dumpsta Players are a monthly themed interactive improvisational theatre experience that parodies society’s joys and ills in an irreverent and over-the-top style. Dumpsta was chosen as a name because the company recycles costumes, actors, characters, and comic bits month after month. Dumpsta also brings to mind the trashy nature of our performing — drag queens, gender-fuck, and all walks of life come together and express joy, rage and general chaos through live mic and lip-synched sketches once a month!

Ricky PaulRicky Paul was born and raised in the East Falls section of Philadephia, PA and Cherry Hill, NJ. He graduated with a B.A. from Rowan University and has steadily worked for over 20 years in all facets of the performing arts.

Julia WestJulia West was a community college drop out until her best friend tripped on mushrooms, watched The Doors movie, and decided she wanted to live in the desert.

Phil Dahl’s inspiration comes from a variety of different places and feelings. His sketchbook is riddled with concepts to larger ideas acting as illustrated poems.

Mat Tomezsko is a painter living and working in Philadelphia. His work focuses on the human form, but also concerns the many elements of thought and experience and art.

A Philadelphia transplant by way of Pittsburgh, Howard Louis comes armed with powerful vocals and a piano. He fuses sounds of rock, alternative, pop, and even flavors of show tunes in his catalog of songs. Louis’s brutally honest lyrics are perceptive, biting, self-deprecating, and naked. All of these qualities are crafted over melodic soundscapes that are sometimes dark, sometimes quirky, and sometimes raw and beautiful.