Mindy Fradkin aka Princess Wow®

Mindy Fradkin has an artistic background as colorful as her wardrobe. She took her stunning and innovative hat designs and spun them off into performing “Hat Happenings,” an interactive show where she engaged audience members, using hats as props, and brought along her natural gift for comedy. Mindy is also a singer/songwriter with her “was-band,” Roland Mousaa, producing a CD of smile songs in support of her Smile Revolution, a movement she was inspired to begin back in 2005 when her dad, who rarely smiled at her, grinned at her not long before he passed on. The Smile Revolution is devoted to raising conscious awareness to the healing power of a genuine smile. Mindy is currently a talk show host at The Smile Revolution with Princess Wow® on Princess Wow Network on Facebook and YouTube, where she produces and shares uplifting ideas and interviews with artists and authors and others who have inspiring stories to tell. Her own story started when she began performing at age eight. Mindy got the gig by booking herself at her own Beatles-themed birthday party. Mindy wrote and performed an award-winning one-woman show, "Ageless Wonders: A Grown-Up Kids Guide to Realizing we are New" with Best National Solo Artist, Jessica Lynn Johnson as her director. The show’s tour included Los Angeles at Hollywood Fringe Festival, SoloFest at Whitefire Theatre in Sherman Oaks, California, and New York City at United Solo Festival on Theatre Row and The Triad Theatre, NYC. Her new solo show, "Princess Wow® in Woodstock: How a Hat Designer Started a Revolution" previewed in London, on April 23, 2023 at Etcetera Theatre, Camden. The show was developed and Directed by Best National Solo Artist, Jessica Lynn Johnson. "She leaves the smiles and laughter for keeps." Woodstock Times "Engages the audience like we are old friends. Personal and intimate, will open up your world and you'll feel better off knowing Princess Wow® and her mission of encouragement and joy." Dana Zhang, allaboutsolo.com "Mindy takes you by the hand and you go willingly into her world. Miss Mindy Fradkin is a wonderful, living work of art." Yvonne C. Ronceros, nohoartsfistrict.com "Zippy, zesty and full of life!" Bonnie Priever, Curtain Up

Leola, Comedian

Leola is a simple senior citizen, redneck lesbian legend. on a mission to heal this country one audience at a tine. She believes that life is like a casserole and it is up to each of us to be the can of cream of mushroom soup that holds it all together. A 2019 Broadway World-Award nominee, Leola is the creation of writer/performer/semi-redneck, Will Nolan who hails from Atlanta and lives in Northern New Jersey with his husband and son. Winner of the Long Island City Flying Solo Festival two years in a row, Leola has appeared across the country in a variety of fringe festivals, regional theaters, and middle-aged birthday parties doing her best to bring audiences show stoppin' entertainment that has been called "Dame Edna's hillbilly cousin giving a Ted Talk."

Jessica Lynn Johnson

Jessica Lynn Johnson (Director/Developer), is a published playwright, recipient of BEST NATIONAL SOLO ARTIST AWARD, Advisory Board Member of the LA Women's Theatre Festival, Co Executive Producer of both the Stars Solo Series and the Joshua Tree Solo Theatre Festival, and Founder & CEO of Soaring Solo Studios International. Jessica has aided in the development, direction and producing of over 150 solo shows (and still going strong)! As a performer, Jessica has “edu-tained” international audiences touring her own one person shows ZE and OBLIVIOUS TO EVERYONE for over 15 years. Jessica's projects have taken home awards such as TOP OF FRINGE, HFF ENCORE PRODUCER AWARDS, TVOLUTION BEST SOLO PERFORMANCE, LARRY CORNWALL AWARD FOR MUSICAL EXCELLENCE & several other accolades! Jessica was also nominated for the Female Director of Distinction in Theatre by Girl Trip LLC at the 2018 Hollywood Fringe Festival and most recently as Best Director of a Play by Broadway World 2023. Jessica is so honored to Direct this amazing Solo Show! For more information please visit: www.SoaringSoloStudios.com Jessica Lynn Johnson Founder & CEO of Soaring Solo LLC Advisory Board Member of the LA Women's Theatre Festival

Roland Mousaa

VICTORIO “ROLAND” VARGAS MOUSAA Grammy Award winning Musician, Lyricist, Multi-instrumentalist Roland Mousaa, Apache, born in New Mexico in 1949, was sent to St.Vincent's orphanage in Denver, Colorado in 1952. When he was 14 years old, he learned music and art and then was sent to work on farms and ranches. He finished high school and hitchhiked to New York City in 1968. His talent was discovered and he performed and wrote songs with well known musicians such as Pete Seeger/folk icon, Bob Dylan, Buffy St. Marie, Richie Havens, Bruce Springsteen, and read his poetry with Alan Ginsberg. As a Vietnam draft dodger, he participated in moratoriums against the Vietnam War in Washington, D.C., and also in the American Indian Movement. In 1977 he went to the School of Visual Arts after presenting his paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and helped create American Indian Centers, while teaching adult/children art classed in New York. He entertained in shows such as Woodstock 94, Clearwater festivals, and many more, and volunteered with many environmental groups cleaning the Hudson River, including the Clearwater Organization which was founded by Pete Seeger. On May 3, 2009, he produced and performed the opening act with his song, “Indian Prayer” which his wrote with Tom Pacheco, and Richie Haven's recorded on Mixed Bag ll, in the historical Pete Seeger's 90th Birthday Concert at Madison Square Garden, presenting their Native American Indian Nations as guest speakers and performers. The last decade Roland has been working with developing “Smile Songs” with Mindy Fradkin, contributing with his guitar and music direction with her music that they created together for her “Ageless Wonders” show on tour, and her new show, “Princess Wow in Woodstock” performing his own songs, painting and developing a new invention which will change the way we have electricity.

Mindy Fradkin

Mindy Fradkin has an artistic background as colorful as her wardrobe. She took her stunning and innovative hat designs and spun them off into performing “Hat Happenings,” an interactive show where she engaged audience members, using her hat designs as props, and brought along her natural gift for comedy. Mindy has been designing hats since 1990, and also was a wardrobe and prop stylist in New York City for advertisements, catalogues, TV commercials and a feature film. The Hat Happenings have been featured on "Good Day New York" several times and on the front page of the Style Section of The New York Times and other news outlets. She sold to Henri Bendel's, Nordstrom's, and other top stores as well as custom orders for many years. Mindy was nominated for a Style Queen Award in London through Advantages of Age Organization for people over 50 in 2023.