Miss Clams Casino is a burlesque performer and playwright who can be seen shaking and shimmying in some of our fair city's most cosmopolitan settings. She once made her living as a telephone operator for the Victoria's Secret catalog.
Neil O'Fortune has risen from his humble origins in the American Midwest, which included a short-lived career as a photographer for Glamourshots, to join Metropolitan society as a stage host, nurturer of the ecdysiastic arts and man about town.
Garth Wingfield is a playwright, television writer and raconteur whose plays have been produced Off-Broadway and in a theater where the curtain was held for 20 minutes because there was a rat in the bathroom. He has also appeared in a polyester unitard, dancing outside in 100-degree heat for two summers at OprylandUSA in Nashville, much to the utter horror and embarrassment of his parents.
And our lovely assistant, Sizzle Dizzle! Sizzle flashes her infectious grin and a whole lot more on a wide range of burlesque stages in New York City and elsewhere.
Our original lovely assistant, Precious Little! Precious is a charming performer on New York's burlesque stages. She was the 2007 winner of the Golden Pastie for Best Newcomer at the New York Burlesque Festival.
Albert Cadabra is a Professional, Award Winning, Comedy Sideshow Magician who delivers Powerful, Amazing and Devilishly Wild Magic. He has performed his unique style of magic from China to Coney Island, from Concert Halls to Intimate Private Parties. You can often catch him hosting many a burlesque here among the great, sexy nightlife of NYC.
Fred Kahl, aka The Great Fredini is the host and creator of New York's original and greatest burlesque game show, This Or That! A staple of Coney Island USA, Fred is an MC, sword-swallower and magician who can always draw applause with his tagline: Now that's entertainment!
Lady Scoutington is a bawdy burlesquer and musical comedienne who has toured the United States and Europe spreading her love as everyone's favorite Lesbian Grinch. Scoutington was a princess by the time she was eighteen, and went on to receive her PhD in cuddling in 2006. She is the host of "Trail of Glitter," a Friday night biweekly show at Manhattan's RF Lounge, featuring NYC's hottest and most sparkley burlesque and variety acts, as well as the co-creator and host of "Something Awesome," a seasonal variety extravaganza.
Bryn Boice is the multi-talented stage performer, actress, director and singer who can be seen on burlesque, comedy and variety stages around New York, where she is notable for not removing her clothes.
Ariel Levine is the guitarist and lead singer for the band KiNDERGARTEN; their first album is entitled "River of Slime".
Bastard Keith is the quadruple threat singer-host-performer-writer who can be seen providing his unique volatile charm to burlesque shows, saucy readings and theatrical stages around New York City
Rachel Kramer Bussel is New York's favorite eroticist; Senior Editor of Penthouse Variations, Contributing Editor at Penthouse, Rachel has been an editor of over 25 anthologies of erotic fiction for all tastes. She has been a columnist for the Village Voice, written for numerous national publications, and her own erotica has been featured in over 100 anthologies. From 2005 through 2010, she curated and hosted the popular In the Flesh reading series.
Schaffer the Darklord is the nerdcore hip-hop superstar who brings his mile-a-minute rhyming skills to topics from cloning to Word fonts to the pleasures of nerdy girls and Craigslist. His latest album, Manslaughterer, was released in 2009.
From Lincoln center to the Lower East side, Shelly the Singing Siren has conquered all things performance. Opera, jazz, pop, rock, cabaret and contemporary are among her musical talents with comedy, improvisation, costume/stage designing, emcee/hosting, acting, directing, producing, and voice-overs being just a few of her other artistic blessings.
Lindsay Robertson is the talented writer whose witty accounts of life in the city that never sleeps can be read in her blog lindsayism.com on computer screens coast to coast. She's also the co-producer of the monthly Ritalin Readings at the Slipper Room.
Marisa Olson is an artist and the Editor & Curator at Rhizome.org. Her performances, drawings, and video installations have been presented at the Venice Biennale, the Whitney Museum, and the New Museum. In her spare time, she teaches media theory at NYU and is writing a dissertation for a PhD from UC Berkeley. She also likes to bake things and wants NYC to bring back the roller rinks!
Scott Rayow has enjoyed performing since age eleven. Unfortunately, he's been performing since age four. Later in life, Scott finally discovered the one true reward of performing: getting paid. He went on to forge a commercial acting career, providing the voice for ads, promos, documentaries, and animation projects (many of which aren't technically porn) and thoroughly enjoys selling excellent products and/or services to intelligent consumers... according to his agents.
Nelly Reifler is the author of See Through, a collection of stories. Her work has been published in McSweeney's, Black Book, BOMB and Nerve, as well as many other places. She has a regular column about religion and mortality at nextbook.org and she co-hosted the reading series at Brooklyn's Magnetic Field with Jonathan Dixon.
Jonny Porkpie is the multi-talented performer, producer and personality also known as the unelected burlesque Mayor of New York City. He is one half of the team behind Pinchbottom Burlesque, voted "best burlesque" in NYC by New York Magazine.
