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About Us

Burning Bones Physical Theatre builds community with compelling physical performances and contributes to an original and fearless live performance and training culture in Atlanta. Our members are predominantly queer and disabled performers, and this is central to our methods of training and creating together.

Through personalized skill development for company members, community workshops, and partnerships with local artists and organizations, we are committed to the development of performance in the southeast, the continued progress of Atlanta as a site for unique and exciting artistic works, and the representation of our work outside of the southeast as proudly Atlanta-based.

We draw on several traditions that form a core part of our creative practice and lineage including butoh, clowning, Fitzmaurice Voicework®, and Organic Intelligence®.

Frankie Worster Mulinix (Artistic Director) (they/them) is a performance artist, dramaturge, choreographer, director, educator, mental health worker, and intimacy choreographer and coordinator. Frankie holds a BFA in Physical Theatre Performance through Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, with a focus on writing, dramaturgy, directing, and multidisciplinary performance, and a Master’s in Occupational Therapy from the University of Queensland, specializing in LGBTIQ+ occupational justice, mental health, chronic pain, and neurology. They are an adjunct professor in the Department of Theatre and Performance Studies at Kennesaw State University. They are a Certified Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework®, a certified Organic Intelligence® coach, and a member of the Voice and Speech Trainer's Association (VASTA). Frankie supports clients seeking to work with their physiology to build performance skills, develop their creative practice, and gain proficiency in using presence, pleasure, and play to improve performance in meaningful parts of their lives. For more, see frankiemulinix.com.

Thomas Bell (Company Member) (he/him) is an author, performing artist, adventurer athlete, and advocate of heart-led critical thinking, loving leadership, and transformative storytelling.

A 20-year veteran dancer and physical theater performer, Thomas is particularly interested in improvisational movement, site-specific creation, natural world inspiration, and surreal explorations. A company and board member of Burning Bones Physical Theatre, he has also been a member of Crossover Movement Arts, Brooks and Company, Beacon Dance, Room to Move, and me.you.us.we.them, and has performed as a guest artist with numerous other choreographers. He was formerly the board president of CORE and board member of Emory University Friends of Dance.

Thomas is co-founder of Rootstock, a thought leadership and brand growth consultancy, and of Chronicle, a brand narrative and messaging consultancy. He is a 25-year veteran journalist who was Creative Loafing’s dance and book critic from 2001-2005. He is also co-founder of the Decatur Book Festival, one of the nation’s premier literary events, an alumnus of Arts Leaders of Metro Atlanta, and a Creative Writing Fellow at the Hambidge Center. For more, see thethomasbell.com.

Sharon C. Carelock (Company Member) (she/her) uses a myriad of artistic mediums to tell stories. Since graduating from the Florida State University School of Dance with an MFA, Sharon has worked in several artistic processes with directors and choreographers, such as Sammy Spriggs, Andre D. Lumpkin, and PhaeMonae. Sharon’s choreographic work, which is called Witnessing a Light Bath and was made possible due to DanceATL’s A.M. Collaboration project and a CREAT ATL grant, uses the story of Bathsheba to talk about having Seasonal Affective Disorder. Weeks after performing her first aerial silks show, Sharon made her company debut in Burning Bones Physical Theatre’s presentation of Small Mouth Sounds by Bess Wohl and has found a home within the company. Sharon cares deeply about honing her many crafts and skills, so she can shape and present her narratives. That means taking multiple classes a week to feed her sense of exploration. Sharon is grateful to her husband, Bryan, and her tribe for their support. For more, follow @seecarelock on Instagram.

Holly Stevenson(Company Member) (she/her) continues to be an enthusiastic participant in the Atlanta theatre community. She has performed with many local companies and appeared in several one-woman shows for both adults and children. She is a singer and voice actress who lends her larynx to commercials, narrations, and games.

Recent theatre sightings include Burning Bones’ productions of (Ir)reparable, Hysteria, Small Mouth Sounds, and Malicious Compliance, (portraying the Happy Queen of Disaster, Hecuba). Last fall, she directed Laura King’s new one-woman show, The Black- and-White Widow for FADlab.

A teacher and continuing student of the Alexander Technique, which combines awareness, ease, efficiency of movement, and performance skills, she was on the Emory Dance faculty for 18 years and currently teaches Alexander Technique as part of the Atlanta Shakespeare Company’s Apprentice Program.

Hiroko Kelly(Company Member) (she/her) is a biracial woman from the Deep South, with a desire to create art that represents hybridity, fluidity of life, and how these can nuance identity. She translates these values into her work as an emerging choreographer, moving artist, researcher, mixed-media sculptor, and an arts administrator.

In 2017, Hiroko received her Bachelor of Arts in Dance from Kennesaw State University (KSU), with a concentration in Ballet. From 2014-2023, she was a moving artist and an artistic associate with glo. Now, as a freelance artist, she has the privilege to work with companies like Full Radius Dance, Novoa Dances, Catching Mangoes Dance, Bautanzt Here, and Burning Bones Physical Theatre that foster inclusive environments, highlighting and uplifting hybrid identities.

To further develop her social activist skills, she completed her Master of Arts in Urban and Public Affairs from the University of San Francisco in 2023. She was a 2024 Dance USA Institute for Leadership Training Mentee and a 2024 Dance Canvas-Atlanta Contemporary summer resident artist. Also, in 2024 she completed Atlanta Regional Commission’s Culture and Community Design course. Hiroko is a 2026 fellow in the Paint Love Artist Cohort Program, where is she is completing a professional certification in trauma-informed arts education.

She continuously commits herself to decolonizing movement practices, believing that art is our greatest catalyst for social change.

Kente Simone (Company Member) (she/her) hails from Brownsville, Brooklyn. A performer, writer and teaching artist, Kente has lived and worked all over the country, settling in the Metro-Atlanta area five years ago. Previous training includes Brooklyn College, Hunter College and American Musical and Dramatic Academy. Kente has danced with Uhuru Dance Ensemble, JAHA Dance Company, Forces of Nature and Blue Moves. Check out her IG - @kente_simone.