Two nights featuring some of the best that Maine has to offer in Burlesque, Drag & Flow!!
Click here for a PDF featuring info and registration links for 8 artist-led workshops!
ASL interpretation both evenings. Recommended for ages 18+
Friday, October 4th Host: We are honored to have REVEREND LEGS MALONE hosting the first night of the Maine Stage weekender on Friday October 4th. Rev. Legs Malone is the Minister With The Thirty-Four and a Half Inch Inseam, a burlesque performer, show producer, educator and advocate of all things striptease. Featured in Page Six, Buzzfeed, and Huffington Post, Legs got her start with burlesque at London’s Whoopee Club in 2006 and has been a popular star on national and International stages ever since. Legs is author of the award-winning book Stripped Down: How Burlesque Led Me Home. Highlights of her performance career include the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland, Hoochy Koochy in Stockholm, Sweden, Lucha Va Voom in Los Angeles, CA and the countless nights spent dancing and entertaining on stages all over her hometown of NYC. She now lives in Maine and is producer of Burlesque Beyond the Beach at The Leavitt Theatre.
Friday Line-up: Chartreuse Money, Gem Fatale, Letta Dicken, Papi K, Riot Aintright, Rylee Reign, Fabergé, Luna Lee, Curly Casino, Creme Dela Phlegm, La Petite Mystique, Cinnamon Maxxine, Pixel Angel, Thomas Foolery, and Coral Ondaleft
Saturday, October 5th Host: GIGI GABOR (she/they) is a petrol-fueled force to be reckoned with. An unapologetic go-getter, she mixes grit and grace seamlessly into one powerful package. GiGi cut her teeth on the streets of New York City in both the technical and performance aspects of stage life before bringing her know-how back home to southern Maine. In her 13 years of performing, GiGi has graced stages all over New England, including [insert dive bar here] and [insert dumpster location here]. She is the proud owner of Curbside Queens, Maine’s #1 Traveling Drag Show! @the_gigi_gabor @curbsidequeens
Saturday Line-up: Tasha Tektite, Miss Information, Mamma Martini, Riot Romero, Hawkeye Pierced, Charlie Quinn, Vivian Vice, Vivienne Obsidian, Sweet Dee, The Fsmarts, Wildeyed Roxy, Liza May, Radio, Leda Valentina, and Slimerella
ABOUT THE PRODUCER
La Petite Mystique is a burlesque performer, producer & promoter based in Portland Maine. They have been performing and producing since 2018 and have several well-established local & virtual productions including Shaken & Stirred, Raunchy Roulette, Build Your Own Burlesque, SAD, and Beyond the Binary. They have worked with performers, locally, nationally & internationally including award-winning performers currently in the Burlesque top 10 in the world. They aim to create events that highlight BIPOC and LGBTQ+ artists. @mystiqueburlesque
The Maine Stage aims to be a centralized hub for Maine performance art. It will feature an interactive calendar of local events with ticket links embedded. In recent years the algorithm on Facebook and Instagram has made it more difficult to promote events effectively. A recent survey by the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) found nearly 1 in 10 Americans on social media suspect they’ve been shadowbanned. Shadowbanning results in a reduction of likes & the number of people seeing posts; it also leads to accounts not being recommended in the explore pages, so artists cannot be found organically by new followers. This survey revealed that those affected by shadowbanning were people who appeared to be living or working on the margins of society including Black creators, sex educators/workers, and those in adjacent fields – including burlesque; fat activists, queer individuals, and drag performers. The Maine Stage will create a platform that is unaffected by any algorithm which will allow more people to discover queer BIPOC performance artists & the events that they create. @the_maine_stage
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Friday, October 4 at 7:00 PM (doors 6:30 PM), 90-minutes, no intermission
Saturday, October 5 at 7:00 PM (doors 6:30 PM), 90-minutes, no intermission
Tickets are available for $20 in advance, $23 at the door, and $30 for preferred seating (pay-what-you-can available)
Purchase a Weekend Pass and get general admission tickets to both evenings for only $35!
Individual workshop tickets can be purchased directly from the artists. Click here for a PDF with workshop info & registration links.
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Bunny Belvedere
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Carmina
Page Turner
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