Jun 25, 2023
"If you can find your way outside of the cog of creating theatre, or whatever it is that is the one thing that's all yours; that freedom... ooh, that's a powerful thing and I'm grateful for it." -- Ben Franklin
"I don't pass as straight, I never did... I've lost out on work... I went into what made sense to me. I...
Jun 19, 2023
"Your audience sees you. I don't care if you're a performer, a producer, a kitten, or a vendor. They are watching you. They determine who to patronize, who to be involved with, who to give their dollars to."
Lakota Shekar holds court in Cleveland, OH. Just coming off her visit to the Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekender,...
Jun 12, 2023
"I am at a point where I want to create acts that mean a lot to me... I think we should be representing where we're from, and not being afraid of showing our history and our culture, and I would love to see more of that."
Marie La'Pearl hails from Puerto Rico and moved to Virginia Beach, where she now bumps and...
Jun 5, 2023
"When I hit 30, I was redfinding dance and refinding home, and finding other areas of my sexuality, and just experimenting in new and fun ways. That was a gateway drug to burlesque, but if I hadn't had those experiences first, it would have been harder to be myself on stage in front of other people, while I was taking...