Meet the Panelists of Hungry Hearts Cabaret & Love Advice Show!

This photo shows panelists from 2024 in action- answering one of the many anonymous questions that came in on the Love Line. See below for the link to the Love Line 2025 - its now open!

Meet the amazing panelists of Hungry Hearts 2025!

Dunya Cope is a local therapist and coach, combining Somatic Experiencing, Existential Kink, and training from the Somatica Institute for sex and relationship coaching in her work. She has been a practicing therapist for a decade and loves supporting people in pleasure practices, embodiment, self knowledge, and relational and communication skills for deep relationships of all kinds. She loves supporting the nuances of open relationships, exploring kink and other sexual practices, and supporting expansive gender journeys. You can find her on instagram at heartalchemysomatics or at heartalchemysomatics.com. Dunya is available for one on one work and will have more online and group offers coming up, so follow her for more content. Dunya also plays roller derby and just got gay married! 

Karasu Tokioka has worked in the field of mental health for many years, completing a Master's in counseling in 2024. Last summer he completed his internship at Gentle Path, a world-renowned treatment facility for sex addiction, getting training from a wide variety of experts such as Dr. Stephanie Carnes, Dr. Patrick Carnes, Dr. Peter Levine, Dr. Resmaa Menakem, Dr. Laurence Heller, and Dr. Kevin McCauley. He has certification in Gottman's couples counseling and he is currently completing training with Dr. Tammy Nelson to become a Sex Therapy Informed Professional.

Before becoming a stand-up comedian Sandra Risser received a degree in Psychology from UCLA and one in Education from University of Minnesota. Over the next 40 years she conducted personnel research, taught school, was a computer systems analyst and owned a travel agency. At the age of 60 she followed her heart and became a stand-up comedian. As a 23 year veteran of comedy Sandra Risser is funny, sexy (for her age) and irreverent. She believes in the Tooth Fairy, Santa Clause and clean underwear.Audiences of all ages love her tales of growing up and dating during the golden age of sex, drugs and rock 'n roll. She headlines and features at clubs, casinos and other venues across the United States, performs at comedy festivals and does one woman shows at fringe festivals. She took first place in the Funniest Comedian in the Valley competition in Phoenix and second place in the World Series of Comedy in Sarasota FL. You can hear her on Sirius XM.

Revelucien (pictured on the left) is a local Dragstaff Queen and has been performing drag in Flagstaff for 9 years. You can catch Revel dancing on stages, driveways, and bar dance floors, telling jokes on mics, hosting bingo, reading books to kids, hyping up spin classes, hosting mini golf, and riding mechanical bulls, all while looking fabulous. Revel uses drag as an outlet for creativity, and a tool to embrace everything that can make one feel othered, because there is strength in our differences. Revel also knows that life can present its own unique difficulties when you present masculine or feminine at different times, and is here to answer your questions about gender and queer/drag culture.

Sydney Tolchinsky is a sexual health educator for County Health. Her days are spent mostly answering questions about sex, and she is especially excited to be able to answer some of yours. Sydney wants to thank the Hungry Hearts Cabaret for this opportunity to support such amazing causes and to be able to promote healthy sexuality in Flagstaff. 

Hungry Hearts Cabaret & Love Advice Show is one night only- Saturday, Feb 15th. Get your tickets and start making plans for a fantastic Valentines day event!