Alexandra Billings & Honey West
August 9th - 10th
Alexandra Billings
is an actress, singer, author, teacher and activist. Alex starred as “Madame
Morrible” in the Broadway production of Wicked, the first trans actor to portray the role. She
previously starred on Broadway in Manhattan Theatre Club’s The Nap at the Samuel J.
Friedman Theater. Ben Brantley of the NY Times called her performance “a sensational
Broadway debut” and “a marvel of glamorous menace.”
Alex starred in the Amazon television series The Peripheral, and in the award-winning
Transparent. She has been a recurring guest star on The Conners, Never Have I Ever, and many
other television series. She stars in and is the Executive Producer of the upcoming feature film
release Queen Tut, for which she has been nominated for Best Lead Actress/Comedy by the
Canadian Film Awards. She will Executive Produce and star in the A&E limited series Liz, the
story of Elizabeth Carmichael, creator of the ill-fated 3-wheeled car the Dale. Ms. Billings was
honored to receive the Visibility Award from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). She is the
recipient of five After Dark Awards and a Joseph Jefferson Award. She moderated a panel
during Transgender Awareness Month at the Obama White House; she won the TPA Award,
The Rainbow Spirit Award, and was inducted into the Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame in Chicago.
Her autobiographical memoir This Time for Me is published by Amazon Books. Alex is a
Professor of Theater at USC. She is a Viewpoints Associate at The Steppenwolf Theater
Company.
Honey West
can be seen in the upcoming A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC as Madam Armfeldt at Theo
Ubique. Before that in CLUE and as Bernadette in PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT at Mercury
Theater Chicago, the role she previously received a Jeff Nomination for best supporting actress
in addition to a best actress award from Broadway world .com. LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as
Jacqueline, U/S Albin at Music Theater Works, Danni in IRVING BERLIN’S Holiday Inn at Drury
Lane Theater and Mrs. Cratchit and Electra in GYPSY at Porchlight Music Theater. She stared in
DIRTYDREAMS OF A CLEAN-CUT KID, VAMPIRE LESBIANS OF SODOM, DIVA DIARIES, JERRY’S
GIRLS, TONY AND TONY’S WEDDING, AS YOU LIKE IT, PUSSY ON THE HOUSE for which she
received a Best Actress Award from BroadwayWorld.com, and TONY AND TONY’S WEDDING.
She was a 2012 inductee into the “Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame”. Currently she is
working on a new Cabaret Act, and an autobiographical one woman show. She also landed a co-
starring role on FOX, PROVEN INNOCENT.