AHYOKA SAAS
(they/them)
Ahyoka Saas (they/them) is a Two-Spirit Cherokee-German storyteller. Director and head-writer of five sketch revues at The Second City Chicago, composer for a Sundance-premiered short film, and alumni of the 2023 Native American Media Alliance TV Writers Lab, Ahyoka’s work bridges genre with identity. As head of Liberation Comics, they write anti-colonial stories that amplify Indigenous and Queer voices, including the fantasy comedy The Tale of Butt: A Turtle Island Story and the Indigenous folk-horror comic series Familiar Faces.


Short Films
MUSIC
Glam goth composer & musician
Ahyoka has played in blues-funk bands, is a founding member of Chicago musical comedy collective Good Ass Group, and has composed instrumentals for musical comedy influencers with over twenty million views on TikTok. They composed the score to the short film Headdress, directed by Taietsarón:sere ‘Tai’ Leclaire, which premiered at the '23 Sundance Film Festival. You can also hear their work in their own short films, Close To You and Over It.



















