Meet CHICAGO+ Team Member: Osiris Khepera

Osiris Khepera will serve as Theater in Action Instructor for Friday’s YO+UTH programming during the July 8-10 O+ Festival in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood.

Young people are invited to share who they are creatively and holistically as they participate in eight hours of eight expressive and introspective forms — including Theater in Action & Poetry with Khepera at 10 a.m. — at the Xochiquetzal Peace Garden,1901-03 West 23rd St.

Khepera is a self-described “Renaissance Artist. Actor. Poet. Playwright. Singer. SGI Buddhist: Nam Myoho Renge Kyo. Cooker of Things. Abstract Painter with no Canvas. Creator of Hullabaloo. Hater of Sycophants. Practioner of Healing Magic. Gender Fluid Queer Freedom Fighter. Fairy Godfather. Speaker of Truths. Lover of Acts of Nobility. Encourager of Courageous Freedom. Leo. Lives in / Works from the Heart Chakra. Seeker of Knowledge. Generally Chill Individual.”

Recent works include: R.E.A.C.H, Second City; The American Revolution, Theater Unspeakable and Lincoln Center; The Fag­-tionary, MPAACT; The Tennesee Williams Project, the Hypocrites; Harry & The Thief, Pavement Group; Rutherford’s Travels, Pegasus Players; A Few Good Men, Peninsula Players; This Great Nation, Much Enduring, Chicago Slamworks; and Bars and Measures, Prop Thtr.