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    Strother Gaines

    Artistic Director & Founder, TBD Immersive

    Washington, D.C.

    Strother is the artistic director and founder of TBD Immersive, which recently closed the final chapter of the Cabaret Trilogy "Ouroboros: Dawn of the Cabaret." Previous chapters include,"Cabaret Rising: One Nation Underground" and the breakout hit "In Cabaret We Trust." Other credits with TBD Immersive include "Under(world)," "Legendary: Sweet Slice of Liberty," "The Shining Ball" (Estes Park, CO) and the 2016 TEDx Mid-Atlantic Immersive, "Welcome to the Family." Local DC directing credits include THE Theatre Company’s "House of Yes," Sold-out fringe hit "Ambien Date Night" and Best of Fringe pick "The Dish."

    Strother is a business and personal coach for entrepreneurs and small businesses as well as a public speaker and corporate facilitator via his private practice, "But I’m a Unicorn, Dammit!." As an artist and entrepreneur, he is passionately committed to the ideals of authenticity, connection, and storytelling, as well as helping as many people as possible own up to the fact that they’re a unique fu($!@& snowflake. He looks pretty good in purple.

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