On sight htx collective

Meet The Collective

Dr. Micah E. Johnson (Co-Founder, Writer, Monodramatist)

Dr. Micah E. Johnson is a writer, performer, and award-winning monodramatist blending storytelling, research, and lived experience. He has authored over 200 poems, scientific articles, books, and plays, including Never Had a Friend. His work has been cited by the New York Times, ESPN, and Senator Bernie Sanders. A Houston-based artist since 2019, Johnson transforms complex social issues into emotionally charged narratives onstage.

Dr. Jandy Gu (Co-Founder, Aerialist, Anthropologist)

Dr. Jandy Gu is a Houston native, cultural anthropologist, writing instructor at UT Health, and aerialist with Aerial Sprites. Performing locally since 2004, she merges vertical movement with academic insight to explore emotional regulation and conflict. As co-founder of On Sight HTX Collective, she brings scientific precision and physical storytelling together in immersive performance. Her work transforms cognitive and emotional theory into embodied art.

Carol Huang (Aerialist)

Carol Huang is an aerialist and circus artist with Cai Circus. Active in the Houston arts scene since 2019, her performances blend athleticism, emotion, and visual storytelling. With a background in teaching and performing, Huang brings grace, tension, and dynamic movement to the aerial sequences that animate On Sight. She uses aerial silks to embody the emotional struggles at the heart of each narrative.

Chyla Everett (Aerialist)

Chyla Everett is a rising aerialist with Aerial Sprites and a Houston native contributing fresh energy to the collective’s work. Since 2023, she has brought dynamic physical storytelling and precision movement to the stage. Everett uses aerial performance to embody emotional conflict, making complex internal struggles visually visceral for audiences. She represents the next generation of movement artists emerging from Houston’s growing aerial arts scene.

Cartel Bo (Rap Artist)

Cartel Bo is a respected Houston hip-hop artist known for his sharp lyricism and authentic narratives rooted in street culture. His conscious gangsta rap delivers powerful stories about the real-life consequences of violence, trauma, and survival. In On Sight, Cartel Bo’s music serves as both a soundtrack and a critical narrative force, bridging lived experience with performance. His work adds cultural depth and rhythmic storytelling to the collective’s interdisciplinary approach.

Chyna Miller (Artistic Director)

Chyna Miller is a Houston native, visual artist, and Arts in Medicine Practitioner whose work has been recognized with a mayoral proclamation declaring October 25th as Chyna Wheatley (Miller) Day. As Artistic Director of On Sight HTX Collective, she designs immersive visual landscapes that blend stagecraft with healing-centered aesthetics. Her work transforms the performance environment into an emotional world that mirrors the struggles and victories of the show’s characters. Miller brings both artistic vision and therapeutic intention to the collective’s bold productions.

DC Young Fly (Executive Producer)

DC Young Fly is a legendary comedian, actor, and executive producer whose leadership brings national visibility to On Sight HTX Collective. Known for his work on Wild ‘N Out and numerous stage and screen projects, DC Young Fly champions culturally relevant art that amplifies community voices. His executive production role supports the collective’s innovative fusion of performance and social impact, helping bring its vision to broader audiences.

Our Approach & Vision

On Sight HTX Collective creates life-changing art built for the world we live in — and the world we need. Our work fuses scientific research, street culture, and live performance to design immersive interventions that don’t just entertain — they transform. We believe art is medicine, and performance can be a tool for healing emotional trauma, preventing violence, and building inner peace.

We pull from cognitive behavioral therapy, conflict resolution science, emotional regulation models, and real-world experience to craft work that addresses youth gun violence at its root. Using storytelling, aerial silks, conscious hip hop, immersive design, humor, and cultural truth, we deliver practical life tools inside powerful live experiences. Audiences feel like they’re watching a show — but they’re absorbing actionable skills for self-control, de-escalation, and resilience.

What makes us innovative is not just the artform, but the fusion: we blend disciplines that are rarely on the same stage — science, medicine, narrative, movement, music, and street wisdom — to create a new kind of performance built for the future. Our work is immersive, evidence-based, community-rooted, and emotionally disruptive in the best way: it opens new emotional doors while closing the doors to cycles of violence and trauma.

This is performance as prevention. Art as intervention. Healing as culture. This is On Sight HTX Collective.