ANDREW HAMPSAS has been performing since 1992. His solo work has been seen at PS 122, H.E.R.E., Nada, CBGB, Click+Drag, SMack, multiple venues in the pre-hip and still-under-the radar Williamsburg, the Lollapalooza Tour, and the usual suspect music venues, nightclubs, and art galleries. He has also performed in the foreign nations of Germany and Texas. He has collaborated with groups such as Hit & Run Theatre, Dar A Luz, Collective Unconscious, Sideshows By The Seashore, Medical Misdemeanors, IFAM, Circus Redickuless, Earthstunned Angels, Sinners Sideshow, and Arena Productions. Acting credits include the Fassbinder play "Bremen Freedom," the live serial "Manifestations," and the film "Platypussy." Past affiliations with Chashama include solo readings, a role in Lindsay Bishop's "Grey Language," and script writing for the P-Cult and Dar A Luz.

SEIKA has been a classical musician since the age of 4, in her native land of Japan. She has performed extensively as a solo oboist and as an orchestra member. She is a graduate of the Toho Gakuen School Of Music, where she also studied theatre. Andrew and Seika have been performing their own brand of transgressive physical theatre together since 2001, with multiple appearances at The Black Party, The Black&Blue Ball, RubberCat, The Hustler Ball, Pork, and at venues such as Webster Hall, Spirit, and Roseland.