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THE FLY HONEYS

The Fly Honeys are a queer-celebratory, ass-shaking, glitter-bombing, party-starting punk performance group born from the iconic annual event, The Fly Honey Show, founded in Chicago’s underground performance scene in 2010.

Hot off their sold-out run at Thalia Hall and Lollapalooza The Fly Honeys (est. 2010) are a dance forward performance project manifested by hundreds of movers, makers, ass-shakers, musicians, DJ's, nightlife and variety artists. Their live shows are like a sweet, sweaty, sticky, glittery, raunchy, sex-expansive, all-body-loving, queer-celebratory, hot, thicc, thot grrl music video that is dripping with a fiercely empowering ethos. Called a "Chicago institution" and described as "Funny, ferocious, vulnerable, naked in every sense: it's camp transcendent, The Fly Honeys have been buzzing around Chicago performing short form sets and production The Fly Honey Show to sold-out venues, rooms, clubs, theaters, basements for over a decade.

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

As Executive Producer of The Fly Honeys, Missi collaborates with partner Erin Kilmurray to vision and execute the strategic planning of the project and organization. She conceptualizes experience enhancements through on-site and communications engagements, assembles and manages design and production teams, cultivates relationships with venues, vendors, sponsors, and community partners. She handles financial forecasting and general management, and works to align the event planning and audience experience with the mission and themes of each iteration of the project.

NEVERMORE PARK

Nevermore Park is a 6,000sq foot art experience that will transport you into an exciting alternate reality filled with new sights and sounds. Powered by the imagination of artist Hebru Brantley, visitors spend a day in the life of his iconic characters, Flyboy and Lil Mama.

““On a surface level, [Nevermore Park is] an extremely fun, engaging, interactive experience—it could be easily just an Instagrammable moment for people,” says Brantley. “[But] looking into the detail, and kind of understanding Chicago’s political history—Chicago’s history—and then, from a revisionist history standpoint, stepping back and looking at sort of the ‘What if?’ of it all within this installation.”” - Hebru Brantley in an interview with The Root

general manager

As General Manager for Nevermore Park, Missi built all aspects of the daily operations from the ground up. At the helm of a true start-up, Missi worked hand-in-hand with the producing team to understand their strategic goals and created customized systems for effective, efficient, and culturally aligned operations. Missi was responsible for designing the organizational chart, assigning roles and responsibilities, recruiting, hiring, training and ongoing management across all operations departments including front of house, box office, administration, production, facilities and merchandise. Additionally, she was responsible for the weekly operating budget and strategic planning for long-term operational enhancement initiatives. At the end of her tenure with Nevermore Park, the experience had grown from the goal of a six to eight month extended run into a business that is now setting it’s sights to become a Chicago institution for the long-haul.