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London St. Juniper is an award-winning burlesque and variety performer known for her innovative costuming, outlandish props, and devotion to high heels. London holds a PhD in Victorian literature and gender studies, and her research as a cultural historian informs her performances and encourages her love of spectacle. In 2023 London founded the nonprofit arts organization Tippitywitchet Productions, with the mission to preserve the traditions of small stage entertainment, while creating opportunities for a broad spectrum of performers to share their art.

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London has eleven years of teaching experience at the collegiate level, and has performed burlesque and variety professionally since 2017. 

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Photo by RedLite Photography.

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​Bearcat Betty is a variety entertainer specializing in burlesque and sideshow. Based in Maryland, her wit and charm permeate the East coast. Over the years, she has graced many stages and sticky floors with her talents and will travel to you for monetization of your adoration. She is an award winning performance artist with a range that spans comedy to classy, dramatic to dangerous, weird to wonderful, and some nonsense in between. She enjoys making costumes, and finally finishing the costumes she was making. She hopes to extract your laughter, tears, exclamations, and maybe some sweat. Among her lifetime achievements include declarations of “I’ve never seen that before” and “I still think about that thing you did.”

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Bebe Bardeaux is the award-winning shake-dancing Doll of D.C.! This bite-sized bibliophile is a professional librarian and published historian with a research focus on classic burlesque and shake dancers in the 1930s-1970s. Bardeaux has been featured twice on the Top 50 burlesque performers in the world by 21st Century Burlesque Magazine, and can also be seen in the burlesque documentary “Leon Claxton’s Harlem in Havana”. She is the author of the forthcoming Black burlesque history book "Shake Queens", and she's been featured in several pinup magazines, including Pin-Up Life, Delicious Dolls, and Black Pinups. Bebe has taught at BurlyCon, the New York School of Burlesque, the Philadelphia Burlesque Academy, the Rose Academy of Burlesque, and other burlesque schools across the country! She is also founder of the Chocolate City Burlesque Academy, a new and growing school dedicated to teaching the art and history of classic tease with modern finesse.​

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Callie Pigeon earned her Associate's in Ecdysiasm from the New York School of Burlesque in 2012. Since then, she has performed in some of North America's most hygienic bars, basements, and churches. She is the sole proprietress of Les Folies Derrière productions, one half of Beaver and Buttstuff productions, and one third of Pink Wednesday productions. She's The Interrobang of Burlesque?!Callie Pigeon earned her Associate's in Ecdysiasm from the New York School of Burlesque in 2012. Since then, she has performed in some of North America's most hygienic bars, basements, and churches. She is the sole proprietress of Les Folies Derrière productions, one half of Beaver and Buttstuff productions, and one third of Pink Wednesday productions. She's The Interrobang of Burlesque?!

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Your Favorite Cake’s Favorite Cake is DC’s Cat’s Meow. Coco simmers onstage, but she shines brightest as a Stage Kitten. Careful, conscientious, and cheerful she makes producers and performers alike feel at ease, enhancing the audience experience. Quiet as a cat, this stage kitten is absolutely unforgettable as she drapes, capes, and collects for many performers. Coco is a recurring kitten for Eva’s Menagerie, Schism DC, Drag The Roof Down Brunch, PrettyBoi Drag’s Open King Night, and is resident kitten for Elle Dorado’s Sunday Service, with plans to take her kittening to the national stage at Teaser Festival.  

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Delilah Dentata is a burlesque and variety performer, host, and producer based in Washington, DC.

 

A self-proclaimed icon (it’s called manifesting, sweaty), Delilah has brought her brand of “what even IS this” to shows across the United States, most recently at the 2026 Nauti Burlesque Festival, the Gem State Burlesque Festival's competition, and at Burlesque-N-Beyond Philly. Closer to home, she is a company member with Astro Pop Events, fighting (and stripping) annually in Elvis’ Birthday Fight Club. She’s also performed at Otakon, Super Art Fight, Dr. Sketchy’s, and Naked Girls Reading, among others, and has previously won the Burlypicks Northeast Regional “Master of Amazement” award two years in a row. 

 

When she’s not gallivanting about the stage, she’s sharing her love of burlesque and variety as a co-producer of several shows, including DMVariety’s “Yolks on You” brunch and Blue Note Burlesque series at Sid Gold’s Request Room. She also is one-half of production duo Beaver and Buttstuff, with productions like their “NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL BURLESQUE” Y2K tribute shows, the Bra & Order fundraisers, and (T)It’s Academic!, which, despite all odds, somehow manages to be educational. And because Delilah hates sleep, she is also one-third of Pink Wednesday Productions.

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Ellie Quinn, The Duchess of Dork, is a Richmond, VA-based burlesque performer, producer, and professional fangirl. Known for award-winning comedic nerdlesque, campy concepts, and a healthy devotion to the ridiculous, Ellie has taken her pop-culture-fueled performances to stages and festivals across the U.S. and abroad. A co-creator of the RVA Burlesque Festival, she brings equal parts glamour, comedy, and geeky enthusiasm to every performance. If there’s a beloved character, questionable costume, or deeply unnecessary pop-culture reference to turn into burlesque, Ellie is probably already planning the act.

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Step into the spotlight with Kit Valentine, the current reigning Miss Gay Glamour Girl America, for a fabulous and fun-filled stage makeup class! Kit will help you to learn the tips, tricks, techniques, and application skills that bring your best features to life under those bright stage lights. From flawless foundation and dramatic eyes to glamorous contouring and the finishing touches that make you shine, you’ll leave feeling confident, polished, and completely stage ready! Come ready to learn, play, and glam it up with Kit—because when you’re on stage, there’s no such thing as too much sparkle!

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