Mars Wolfe (they/them) is a New York based producer, writer, performer and project manager. Mars moonlights as the genderf*ck DJ & drag queen Ella Van o’Clock (11 o’Clock) and their one person variety show, Mundane Moments of Time, has been performed at Ars Nova, Williamstown, Berlin Nightclub, and in TMI: Black Trans Stories Matter showcase. As a project manager, Mars has worked on MTV’s Video Music Awards, VH1’s Trailblazers Honors and Tyra Banks’ ModelLand attraction. They have produced music, live events and films in New York, Chicago, and LA via their multimedia company: De-cypher (MarsWolfe, LLC). 

 

Mars has written and performed for Sundance, Ars Nova, The Onion and their plays have been seen on All Arts/PBS (Wish I Could P. starring Linda La) and Victory Gardens. The digital salon Mars created, De-cypher2020, following BIPOC freelance artists during the 2020 quarantine, commissioned over 40 artists during the pandemic.

 

Mars was the stage manager of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Kimberly Akimbo and they are a tall poPpy apprentice, studying with Kimberly Akimbo's composer, Jeanine Tesori. Through the tall poPpy apprenticeship, Mars is developing a series of work entitled: poPpy projects, celebrating marginalized

communities and interrogating Art’s relationship with Identity Politics. 

 

Mars’ Trans-fairytale series, Who Rang the Bell?!, is archived in the Library of Congress: COVID-19 Response Collection. Through all of Mars' work, they aim to amplify the voices of Trans/Gender variant people of color, adjusting the volume and turning the dial from the familiar to the unsung and unconventional.