TWIGGY ALLURE started performing at a weekly drag competition at the Colosseum night club in Sayreville , NJ in 2006. In 2008 she won her very first drag pageant at The Den night club where she was reigning queen for a year. Twiggy is also well known for helping/choreographing/back up dancing in four winning talent numbers at the Miss Paradise pageant at the empress hotel in Asbury Park. Three of which went on to winning the crown and the title of miss paradise. Her most recent accomplishment has been competing in the polish the queen weekly competition at The Stonewall Inn here in New York City. Twiggy is excited to return to drag and looks forward to performing more frequently in the New York City area! For bookings please email twiggyallure@gmail.com and follow her on Instagram @twiggyallure !
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TAYLOR BEYER is a New York based musical theatre and cabaret performer. Her theater credits include Cabaret (Sally), Reefer Madness (Mary Lane), and Rocky Horror Picture Show (Columbia). Most recently, Taylor appeared at The Duplex and The West End performing pieces from her lesbian themed cabaret show And the Spoon Ran Away with the Spoon. www.taylorbeyer.com
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JORDI COATS is a New York based producer and director. Most recently, she acted as the technical director for The Performing Arts Project. Other credits include: Producer of "EverScape" FringeNYC 2015, Associate Producer of the award-winning "Mother Jones and the Children's Crusade" NYMF 2014, Asst. Directed and Associate Produced "Volleygirls" at NYMF in 2013 (Best of Fest), IAMA Theatre Co's "Shiner" (asst. director) and has been collaborating on many film projects in the city. Previously she has worked with Binder Casting, Tara Rubin Casting, and Telsey + Company casting. She is a graduate of the Univeristy of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. While in NC, she founded The Talent Company, a theatre company for middle and high school students in the Uwharrie region that is currently in its 10th season.
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ASHLEY GUNSTEENS is a Brooklyn-based designer and theater director with a penchant for movement and ensemble-based work. She focuses on culturally relevant new works with an appeal to magical realism within minimalist spaces, and feels strongly about creating pieces that are accessible to all audiences, specifically traditional ‘non-theater-goers.’ Recent dir. credits: A Charlie Brown Christmas (Secret Theatre), Pussyfest (Caps Lock Theater/Red Caravan Reading Series), EverScape (NY Fringe/World Premiere), Romantic Fools (AlphaNYC), What Every Girl Should Know (NY Fringe), How I Learned to Drive (Lab! Theater). Ashley is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and by day works as a calligrapher, designer and event coordinator. ashleygunsteens.com
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SWEET LORRAINE, coined "The Grace Jones of burlesque" and "The Goddess in a Bodice", is a fierce, queer, NYC burlesque performer, producer and host. She’s the creator and producer of Shades of Burlesque, NYC’s ONLY All Black burlesque revue! Catch this dazzling production every 4th Saturday at C’mon Everybody in Brooklyn. Sweet Lorraine aims to foster nurturing spaces for Black women, POCs, & LGBTQ folk to share their dynamic expressions of sexuality! Follow her on IG/Twitter at @SweetLorraineNY & www.SweetLorraineNY.com!
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TRACE POOL is a loosely-based NYC actor, originally from Gun Barrel, Texas. Yep, that's a real place. "Come for the banjos, stay for the meth labs!" Demi Lovato visited her grandmother there once and they shut down the Chili's for privacy. Regional credits include theaters with a Tony, but not because of Trace. BFA Musical Theatre Sam Houston State University and The Performing Arts Project alumnus. (Casting peeps, think "Logan Lerman meets Donnie-Darko-Jake-Gyllenhal when he was really broody, but before he got mega buff.) Oh WAIT Trace also plays a ton of instruments and is a valuable asset to---[100-Word Count Exceeded]
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