Check out the talented burlesque and variety artists who've graced the Tippitywitchet stage
The knockout from the Nation's Capital
Low on class and high on caffeine, Anna Steasya is known as the Knockout From the Nation's Capital. For over a decade, this performer has left audiences asking "Why?' with her acts focusing on the ridiculous and sometimes grotesque using a mix of burlesque and sideshow.
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Habitually Voluptuous, Rarely Ferocious
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 stiill think about that thing you did.”
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The Michigan J. Frog of Burlesque!
Callie Pigeon is a boozylicious babe who puts the "lush" in "luscious", because she loves puns and can't spell when she's drunk. Since 2012, she has graced the makeshift stages of some of North America's most hygienic bars, basements, and churches. Also an avid curator of high-end lowbrow entertainment, she has recently co-produced such delights as Make It Clapton: a Burlesque Tribute to Your Dad's Favorite Music, and Conspiratease 2: Burly-QAnon!
Double Date, DishAbille, Comixxx, Dirty Thirty
She’s the Capitol cutie with a Capital C!!
Introducing Coco, the dazzling performer hailing from the DC Metro Area! When she's not slaying the stage, she's busy decoding life's mysteries. There's always more than meets the eye or a sneaky message waiting to be uncovered. Coco believes that, the more we try to hide, the more we miss out. Ready to see Coco uncover what she can’t Hyde?
Double Date '24
The 8th Pantsless Wonder
A rake among rakes, this legend derriere has been amusing and confusing crowds in the Washington DC area for months and months now. And though he agrees that "clothes maketh the man," he is of the opinion that the phrase "skipping leg day" should mean you accidentally left your fishnets at home. He’s got style in the streets and will leave glitter in your sheets, give it up for the 8th Pantless Wonder of the World himself, Mr. DannyCavalier
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The Brazilian Bombshell
Delilah Dentata is a multiple-award-winning DC-based burlesque and variety performer, host, and producer. She's got sass! She's got sensuality! She's got a shitload of weird facial expressions with which to unnerve you! She is truly an icon. Delilah has delighted audiences all over the East Coast, mid-Atlantic, and Midwest with her strangely sexy burlesque numbers and penetrating eye contact that lasts just a touch too long. She has performed in Astro Pop Events’ Elvis’ Birthday Fight Club, as well as with TBD Immersive, an immersive theater experience in Washington, DC, as well as Otakon, Super Art Fight, Dr. Sketchy's, and Naked Girls Reading. In addition, Delilah is the co-producer of a number of successful shows, including DMVariety’s “Yolks on You” burlesque and variety brunch and Beaver and Buttstuff Production’s “Conspiratease: Burly Q-Anon” and “Make It Clapton: A Burlesque and Variety Tribute To Your Dad’s Favorite Music.” She swears it’s all very dignified, really.
DishAbille, Double Date '24
They're no scream queen, they're the monster.
Dev L. Ish has had a long and exciting career, forever finding new and exciting ways to make you scream. with morbid magic, bloody burlesque, and fifteen years of haunt acting and haunt management, Dev leads a life full of tantalizing tricks, and thrilling treats.
The Shock-And-Awe Horror Drag and Burlesque Sideshow Extravaganza
The picture of class (with a really great ass).
Dorian Bae is a part-time performer and a full time geek. Raised by feral fundamentalists in the Deep South, Dorian fled up North and now lives a life of cheerful debauchery in the District of Columbia. He delights in the unsettlingly erotic, and enjoy blurring the line between genders and genres.
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Duchess of Dork
From Richmond, Virginia, Ellie Quinn uses her inner most fangirl to tease and tickle your funny bone. The Duchess of Dork has performed all across the US and internationally, including: headlining the first NOLA Nerdlesque Festival in 2015, hopping the pond to perform two avenging acts in the 2016 London Burlesque Festival, chasing burgers all the way to compete in the 2017 Geneva Burlesque Festival, and following her arc reactor to the 2017 Como Lake Burlesque Festival. She was a feature performer at 2018 Discordia Days Burlesque Festival and at 2020 & 2023 Vermont Burlesque Festival. In quarantine, she took to the digital stage, notably being featured in The First Annual Quarantine Burlesque Festival and Glasgow Festival of Burlesque 2020. She has been awarded Producer's Choice at 2018 Discordia Days Burlesque Festival and Most Comedic at 2022 Land of the Sky Burlesque Festival. She is a co-creator of RVA Burlesque Festival. Full of saccharine and silliness, you'll want to catch a peek at this geek!
Comixxx, The Shock-And-Awe Horror Drag and Burlesque Sideshow Extravaganza
The Tallest Tease in the DMV
With a history of performing as long as hir legs, Emma Zonn takes no prisoners when xie takes the stage! Bringing 20+ years of experience in theater and a wide variety of dance styles to the stage, Emma Zonn is a queer queen on a quest to conquer the arts, and your hearts! In addition to her work as a theater professional, intimacy choreographer and sex educator, Emma has performed with numerous companies at venues around DC, Maryland, Virginia, and New Jersey. You'll always know when Emma's on, 'cause you just can't miss the Tallest Tease in the DMV!
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The chaotic cutie
The patron saint of chaos and cute, the orginal anarchy babe joins the frey! Hailing from the greater Philadelphia area Erisaka Blu has been performing since 2012, as the leader of Scarlett Mafia she brings nerdlesque to life with a love for the theatrics and her own brand of body positivity.
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Sound Manager we're trying to get back on stage...
Esther Gin...Fizz Spritz...Double...with a Twist (but you can call her Ginny) was raised by sheep but longed to be a wolf. She is one-half silly, one-half questionable judgement, and one-half terrible puns. See all four halves paired with an inability to do basic arithmetic, leave with a confused sense of arousal and a slight taste of copper in your mouth. YOU'RE WELCOME.
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The Ganja Goddess, Burlesque Babe, and Hula Hoop Hottie, and absolute MILF of the DMV!
Ganja Kitty has been crawling on the stage for the past 5 years. She combines sultry striptease, flexible floorwork, and hypnotic hooping in a style she calls Hooplesque.
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Goddess of all things Horror
Tha True Original Gata (Monique Dupree) is a bonified scream queen, wrestler, cosplayer & burlesque performer with her own unique take on the art. She started burlesque in 2007 with a heavy focus on a horror element in her performances.
Shock-And-Awe, Shock-And-Awe 2
The Irish Lassie with the Classy Chassis
Spicy and intoxicating, Ginger knew her curves couldn't be contained by tights and tutus - this Southern Bombshell needed to bust out in a glittery blaze! For the last 5 years, her crafty creativity dazzled audience members at D.C.'s largest anime convention, Otakon. Producer of Beltway Burlesque she has been creating (Fun)draiser shows for local organizations. Known as the Irish lassy with the classy chassis, Ginger's sparkle, sass and goofiness makes audiences leave their worries at the door!
Double Date, Dirty Thirty
Not a doctor
Indiana Moans, aka Doc Moans (he/him)
Indiana Moans (he/him) is the resident Stage Lion of the circus that is Tippitywitchet Productions. Not a doctor, but good in a crisis, Doc Moans is the stage kitten you want in the wings if you fall off your sword ladder, or just need to move a pole to and fro.
the Diplomat of Decadence
Isabelle Epoque is the Diplomat of Decadence and High Priestess of the Feminist Illuminati, a performer of scorching glamour, based in Washington DC. Whether tearing up the town or tearing out still-beating hearts, Isabelle has thrilled East Coast audiences & seduced them with invocations of the senses since 2015. Isabelle is the producer of Pies 'n Pasties, a long-running burlesque series at DC's famous Pie Shop on H Street. Catch her getting strange and otherworldly, silly, glamorous, and jamming to with live bands across DMV stages all year!
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Miss Disa-Burly-Tease
Jacqueline's performances change minds and perspectives. Her acts are all related in some way to her experience with chronic pain and limited mobility, and she strives to bring attention through glamour and spectacle to disability. She is a devoted burlesque performer, instructor, show producer, and disability activist, and has taught workshops and lectured on panels about mindful movement and adaptive performance across the world. She is a founder and core instructor at the Baltimore-based burlesque teaching collective Essential Tease which regularly teaches online and in-person classes and produces student showcases at Creative Alliance. Jacqueline has competed and been featured at the Burlesque Hall of Fame three times in total and, in 2017, she became the first performer to ever compete in a wheelchair for a title at the Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekender. She is the 2023 Monarch of Pacific Northwest Burlesque and the 1st Runner up "SupaFly" of the 2023 What the Funk Festival. 21st Century Burlesque Magazine named her one of the top 50 most influential burlesque performers in the world for 2022. She is: Miss Disa-burly-TEASE!
DishAbille
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Circus Clown Gone Horribly Wrong
Jim Dandy got his performance debut in Madison Square Garden with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus as their beloved punk rock clown. Sporting bondage pants, a leather jacket, and trademark green chaos spiked wig, he performed for 5 years as a travelling clown where he appeared on numerous news channels, commercials, a video game, and newspapers. During that time his performance style was described as "oblique" "zany" and "would make Sid Vicious die a second death." Sidenote: he is fairly certain he's the only one in Ringling history who had the phrase "getting pussy" in a media hit. Since then he's brought his unique blend of vaudevillian punk rock charm to his ancestral homeland of Washington DC where he co-produces the quarterly variety brunch show "Yolks on You" and stars in Elvis' Birthday Fight Club, America The Game Show: Fuck Yeah!, Otakon, Anime USA, Festival of Doom, ABSFest, and much more! Jim Dandy will do anything for a laugh and this is shown as he cavorts and capers while juggling, tap dancing, fire eating, whip cracking, telling jokes, performing classic sideshow stunts, and more; sometimes all in one act!
DishAbille, Dirty Thirty, Double Date '24, Shock-And-Awe 2
She's a little glam, mostly gams, and not your daddy
Luci Longlegs is a philly-based performer with a passion for blurring the line of hot and weird, and an affinity for the strange and unusual. She is a finalist of the Philadelphia Burlesque Battle Royale (season 7), graduate of the Philadelphia Burlesque Academy, and formerly performed with the VaudeVillains of Spokane. The unique blend of styles she brings to her acts will leave you stimulated and confused in the most enjoyable way.
The Shock-And-Awe Horror Drag and Burlesque Sideshow Extravaganza, Dirty Thirty
Spooky littler performer of the ground and sky.
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A modern-day mama motivated by movement to heavy metal.
Morrigan has been dancing since she moshed into this world 39 years ago. From her earliest days in ballet, tap and jazz, she found true love in bellydance in the summer of 2004—mainly because no pointe shoes or leotards were required and she could eat more than carrots and water. She has trained with some of the best there is in fusion bellydance (shout out to Rachel Brice, Zoe Jakes, Na'la, and Unmata) and has graced the stages in such amazing places, like New Jersey and Tennessee. Also Costa Rica.
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The faerie that wants to steal your heart
Poppy la Fae sprouted forth from seeds planted by past lives on stage and informed by an education in queer theory. Whether campy or classic, they’re out to prove femme doesn’t mean frail. This neurodivergent, nonbinary, bipolar bisexual has been leaving audiences breathless and begging for more since 2017. A Richmond native, Poppy draws inspiration from the rich art community in the city. An educator at heart, they live to learn and offer fan dance classes as available. Poppy also serves on the ARAO committee with Burlycon. This faerie wants to steal your heart.
Creepshow Peepshow, Double Date '24
DCs Daddy
Pretty Rik E, also known as “DC's Daddy”, is co-producer of Pretty Boi Drag, an award-winning BIPOC-centered drag king troupe based in Washington, DC. Performing in DC since 2014, Pretty Rik E has done it all! Including drag, hosting, burlesque and variety events throughout the city, stand-up comedy, and as a host on WPFW’s Inside Out Radio, a queer collective of radio hosts and interviewers.
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The Qing of high-class raunchy!
Based in Richmond, Virginia Qing Blaze rules his stage with sensual story telling and a love for classic R&B and soul music while creating a unique blend of draglesque. Inspired by kings of the past like Stormé DeLarverie and Gladys Bentley, Qing is the embodiment of gender-bending royalty. Qing is one of the founding members of the Nu Rodeo Caldonia, a queer POC performance art collective based in Richmond, Virginia. You can catch him humping stages all around the world!
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A True April Fool
Born on April 1, no joke, Ri was destined for weirdness. Beginning in 2014 they began sword swallowing, soon after being featured in places like Ripley's Believe It Or Not and American Horror Story Freak Show.
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It's a cinch
Sally the Cinch (she/her)
DC Native Sally the Cinch is an award winning performer, who has been seen on stage on both coasts for twenty five years. She has been known as the Cheeky Monkey Sideshow's resident human oddity since 2005 and has also performed in variety shows and as a guest artist for other sideshow troupes around the east coast. In addition to sideshow, Sally can also be seen performing bellydance at events since 1998 and has been in the bellydance troupes Mortifera and Dalgali. She additionally has been a member of the Science Fiction Drill Team "DDP".
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The fuel for your imagination!
Sally Stardust began their performance career in September of 2014, and has been dazzling audiences ever since. They produce and perform in Richmond, VA regularly. Using their voice as an artist to raise awareness for chronic illness and disabilities is something that Sally, as a disabled performer, holds dear to their heart. A true Gemini, their performances display a dynamic range from silly and nerdy to slow and powerful. Sightings of this shooting star have been reported all along the East Coast and beyond. Descended from the cosmos, they’re all the fuel your imagination needs.
Comixxx, Double Date '24
The Token Block Guy
Saymo Saymo "The Token Block Guy!" He is a born and raised Marylander, currently working as a high-end server for the Washington DC area. Okay, deep down the man is actually pretty darn strange. Saymo Saymo watched impressive cigarbox juggling performances by the likes of Kris Kremo, Eric Bates and artists from Japan. Inspired, he is now a 7 year young cigarbox juggler. But he doesn't take himself too seriously, well, he does play a mean Kazoobie Wazobo horn !
The Shock-And-Awe Horror Drag and Burlesque Sideshow Extravaganza
The Fox of a Thousand Faces
With a shifting kaleidoscope for an aesthetic, Silver earned the sobriquet of "shapeshifter" starting with their very first appearances in 2010. Also a seasoned MC, Silver performs burlesque in a range of styles from neo-classic to nerdlesque to fetish, never satisfied with being static. Disappearing into their myriad roles from sultry showgirl to rugged ranger to androgynous announcer, you may pass Silver in a crowd at your next show and never even know it until the MC calls their name!
Based out of Chicago, but traveling to wherever the bookings take them, Silver Kitsune is the fabricator behind Foxy Fancies, the producer behind The Bifrost Arts Collective, and a founding member of The Flamingo Revue in Charlotte, NC.
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Your favorite part of an imbalanced breakfast.
Created when an unsuspecting baker accidentally drew a summoning circle in the icing of a sweet roll, Sinnamon Bunz is well on their way to becoming your favorite part of an imbalanced breakfast. Sit back and relax while Sinnamon does their stuff, and, perhaps, you'll find yourself tempted to give in to sin and take a bite.
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A well read performer who will shimmy her way to your heart with ease.
'Sir Vixen is the Scandalous Indie comic come to life! The upright and polite boudoir spreadsheet you still hide when your family comes in, this Jewel of Detroit gets your motor running with enticing smiles, feminine wiles, and and a deep-reaching thrust for the extra mile. With a wholesome giggle but a sinful wiggle, this gorgeous experience will have you saying 'thank you, ma'am' while begging for more! She's the girl next door you know, but as deep into sin as you go.
Comixxx, ExperTease 2024
A name as hard to spell as it is to forget
Virya Shavasana is Baltimore’s premiere live-singing drag performer. She has been performing her whole life, but specifically in the drag community since 2016. After winning the voice of Baltimore in 2016, Virya has gone on to perform with Rupaul’s Drag Race season 11 winner Yvie Oddly, Dragula Season 2 winner Victoria Elizabeth Black, and Drag Race vocal powerhouse Jan among many other talented local and imported performers. Virya has also had the opportunity to sing the national anthem for the Baltimore Orioles, the Bowie Baysox, and at the Loyola Greyhounds first ever Pride Night. Virya’s background in theater includes roles such as Roger in RENT, Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Marius in Les Miserables, Link Larkin in Hairspray, and many more. By day she is a high school visual arts teacher for Baltimore County Public Schools, and by night she slays stages all over the DMV.
Creepshow Peepshow, Dirty Thirty
Never Nude, Constantly Captivating
Never Nude but Constantly captivating who came eat souls and swing from the pole. She is a designer, pole performer, and instructor who specializes in marrying sexy with awkward. Brace yourself, y’all. It’s gonna get cringy.
Double Date, Comixxx, Dirty Thirty