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With a background in theater and stand-up comedy, Thadra is a seasoned and meticulously dynamic performer.

She is a two-time Minneapolis Grand Slam Champion, and coached the Berkeley Slam Team to 6th place at the National Poetry Slam in Austin, TX. Her scathing, hilarious, autobiographical work has won her countless poetry slams in dozens of cities, including Berkeley's coveted $1000. Thadra has performed at hundreds of colleges, high schools, juvenile detention centers, and badass venues across the country, from the Conga Room in LA to the Bowery in New York to the Walker Modern Art Center in Minneapolis. She charges for pity, and she's sick of waiting tables. She is snarky, clever as hell, and a little bit evil. If it has hurt, she will find a way to laugh at it. Thadra is currently working on a memoir and a series of humorous essays about contemporary culture.

She was the recent recipient of the Jerome Foundation's Verve grant for spoken word, and writes a weekly column for the online Op-Ed magazine, Opine Season. She has been a member of four National Poetry Slam Teams, featured at ForWord Girls, the first ever all-female spoken word festival in San Francisco and won LA’s first all-female Redhots Slam. Her work has been featured on the final episode of HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, Minnesota Public Radio, UpWorthy, Button Poetry, and venues across the country, including San Quentin Penitentiary, where she scored serious points talking about her terrible taste in men.

She has been published in the Star and Tribune, the Skyway News, Moxie Magazine, Rattle, and several anthologies. She has won awards for her writing from the Faulkner Society and the National League of American Pen Women.