Nomy Lamm

Nomy Lamm is a multidisciplinary artist, writer, organizer, activist, and Jewish witch raised in Olympia, WA. Nomy started writing songs when they were 10, participated in musical theater in middle and high school, and formed their first band Plain Jane at 16. In 1991, Nomy published the first of several groundbreaking zines titled I'm So Fucking Beautiful, which explored feminism and the riot grrrl movement from Nomy’s perspective as a fat, queer, disabled femme. In 1999, Nomy started working on a rock opera with Rachel Carns, Radio Sloan, Emily Stern, and Freddie Perry (Freddie Fagula). The Transfused was a post-apocalyptic rock opera performed in 2000 that addressed themes of poverty, addiction, capitalism, and the environment. The Transfused had a large, predominantly queer cast and hundreds of intergenerational volunteers. After a year of writing and rehearsing, the Transfused sold out eight shows at the Capitol Theater over the course of two weeks at the Capitol Theater. $5000 of the show’s profits were donated to non-profits, including Books to Prisoners and Stonewall Youth. In the years following the Transfused, Nomy lived in Chicago and the Bay Area where they continued to write, perform, and organize. They currently live in Olympia with their partner Lisa and their pets. Nomy is the Creative Director of Sins Invalid, a disability justice performance project and movement-building organization, and an active organizing member of Jewish Voices for Peace Olympia and PASS (Palestine Action of South Sound).