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Trauma Flintstone

Trauma Flintstone

Mrs. Trauma Flintstone, (née Anderthal) is a San Francisco-based performer who has appeared in more than 50 productions on both coasts, including New Conservatory Theater's Pageant, When Pigs Fly, and Whoop-dee-Doo; Artfull Circle Theatre's Christmas with the Crawfords (10 years), Jungle Red, The Andrews Sisters' Hollywood Canteen and White Trash Compactor; ODC's opera Queer; Theatre Rhinoceros' The Big Drag (world premiere); Tom Orr's Dirty Little Show Tunes; Allen Sawyer's gay pulp fiction trilogy Hot Pants Homo, Senator Swish and Lavender Lockeroom; and the rock musical Club Inferno. Trauma's cabaret showcase, Bijou, celebrates its three-year anniversary this May. Flintstone is also active in fundraisers and benefits, helping great causes such as Tenderloin Health (formerly TARC), Project Open Hand, the SF Bicycle Coalition, St. James Infirmary and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. With the San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band, Trauma has appeared in four versions of the highly successful Dance-Along Nutcracker.

Donna Sachet

Donna Sachet

A well-known San Francisco personality, Donna Sachet has performed in San Francisco for sixteen years, after taking the titles of Miss Gay SF in 1993 and of Empress XXX of San Francisco in 1995-96, and today stars in Sunday's A Drag every Sunday at Harry Denton's Starlight Room. She was a featured performer at the Band’s 25th Anniversary Celebration at Everett Middle School. A live singer and tireless fundraiser, Donna has received many awards for her work from such groups as the AIDS Emergency Fund, the Cable Car Awards, the Castro Lion Club, the Alice B. Toklas Lesbian & Gay Democratic Club, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and the LGBT Pride Committee. Her annual Songs of the Season musical variety show has benefitted the AIDS Emergency Fund for 14 years. Donna has served as national spokesmodel for Smirnoff Twist Vodka, co-anchored the live television coverage of the June SF Pride Parade for the last 4 years, appeared on television's Bay Area Backroads, served as the spokesmodel for Halloween in the Castro for 3 years, and can be heard singing on the benefit holiday compilation Carols Across America.

Don Tatro

Don Tatro

Don Tatro is a lyric soprano who has performed in cabaret shows at such venues as Steve Murray’s Viva Variety Show, The Plush Room, Herbst Theater, Martuni’s, Octavia Lounge, Amnesia, Chuck Largent’s Joe Sent Me Club, Johnny Foley’s in San Francisco and at Don’t Tell Mama’s in New York. Originally from the Midwest, Tatro sang as a boy soprano in Junior High School. When his voice changed, he sang tenor in chorus groups, but his soprano range remained and was his most comfortable range. Tatro continued his vocal training at Illinois State University (ISU), where he received his Bachelor of Music degree. He toured England and Scotland with the ISU Madrigal Singers as countertenor soloist. He is a two-time winner of the National Association of Teachers of Singing and has been a chorus member and soloist with The Kansas City Octet, K.C. Symphony Chorus, San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus and the Golden Gate Men’s Chorus. He also often sings for “Opera Night” at the Jarvis Conservatory in Napa.

 












 

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by a grant from Grants for the Arts of the San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund