The Producers
Sailor St. Claire - Co-Producer, Co-Host, Showgirl Scholar
Photo by POC Photo.
Sailor St. Claire is a redheaded siren from the shores of California. She set sail for Seattle in 2009 and has been stripping her way around town ever since. She draws her inspiration from Katharine Hepburn’s quick wit, Ann-Margret’s sexy charm, and Tempest Storm’s fiery tease. Known as The Showgirl Scholar, her brand of burlesque is a classic and sexy combination of sass, sparkle, and smarts that makes seamen and landlubbers alike shout, “Hello, Sailor!”
In addition to producing Tuesday Tease, Sailor is a cast member of Sinner Saint Burlesque's Beatitudes. She can also be found as a soloist on stages throughout Seattle, and makes regular trips back to the shores of to San Francisco to appear at the (in)famous Hubba Hubba Revue, Little Minsky's, and Red Hots Burlesque. Most recently, she made her UK debut at the Jekyll & Hyde in Edinburgh and added Portland, OR to her ever-growing list of ports-of-call.
www.sailorstclaire.com
In addition to producing Tuesday Tease, Sailor is a cast member of Sinner Saint Burlesque's Beatitudes. She can also be found as a soloist on stages throughout Seattle, and makes regular trips back to the shores of to San Francisco to appear at the (in)famous Hubba Hubba Revue, Little Minsky's, and Red Hots Burlesque. Most recently, she made her UK debut at the Jekyll & Hyde in Edinburgh and added Portland, OR to her ever-growing list of ports-of-call.
www.sailorstclaire.com
Ace Carter - Co-Producer, Co-Host, Jack of All Spades
Ace Carter has been in show business since he was 13 years old, which explains both his social ineptitude and his need to be the center of attention. He has worked in a variety of performance genres including vaudeville, radio, cabaret, musical theatre, and magic. Truly a jack of all trades, Ace crossed over into burly-q in 2011 and is a guest emcee for Tempting Tarts Burlesque.
www.acecarterlive.com
The Lurid Spectacles
mai li - bass, Music Director
Mai Li (Miles for short) is a versatile multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, composer, and singer-songwriter in the Seattle area. Drafted into the family band at a young age, she finally worked her way into bass guitar at age 14 through a diet of classic rock, folk, and indie punk. She developed the bassist's love for making audiences dance with funk, soul, and blues-inspired lines while playing her way through college, getting her BM in Music Composition.
Other instruments include violin, viola, guitar, and keys. She plays locally as a violin/viola doubler with chamber musicians from the Degenerate Art Ensemble and Seattle Rock Orchestra, local composing legends Evan Flory Barnes (jazz), Jherek Bischoff (orchesrtal indi-pop), & Michael Owcharuk (The Owcharuk 5), and local groups The West Seattle Ditch Diggers, The Mongrel Jews, & The Debaucherauntes, as well as maintaining an active solo project (guitar/keys/vocals), compositional portfolio, and session work calendar on her top 6 instruments.
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Other instruments include violin, viola, guitar, and keys. She plays locally as a violin/viola doubler with chamber musicians from the Degenerate Art Ensemble and Seattle Rock Orchestra, local composing legends Evan Flory Barnes (jazz), Jherek Bischoff (orchesrtal indi-pop), & Michael Owcharuk (The Owcharuk 5), and local groups The West Seattle Ditch Diggers, The Mongrel Jews, & The Debaucherauntes, as well as maintaining an active solo project (guitar/keys/vocals), compositional portfolio, and session work calendar on her top 6 instruments.
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Britton Clay Bangs - Guitar
Britton Bangs is the meat in this lady sandwich. A composer, arranger, orchestrator, and guitarist, Britton has orchestrated songs for Ruby Parasols, played guitar for King's Kalidescope, and bass for Saints of Slumber. In 2009, he played guitar in the orchestra pit for The Village Theater's production of West Side Story. Though fluent in a variety of styles as a musician, he currently studies classical composition at Cornish College of the Arts.
Jenny Brown - Trombone
Jenny Brown plays trombone past and present with former Titanium Sporkestra, Mark Siano & the Enablers, Seattle Sounders FC Sound Wave, Mood Swings, Rainbow City Band, Purple Passion, Renegayde, Homo Bandits, and Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra. She also moonlights as the boylesque performer, Kip Vanderballs.
With a brief stint of childhood in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, she developed a love of music, spices, community, and culture. Back to the states in ‘95, she continued playing sax, picked up the bassoon, and started playing trombone three years later in Seattle. She immensely enjoyed all three from stage to pit and took music to college where she found trombone to be her true love. Jenny was immersed in performance from combos to orchestras and graduated Central Washington University with a Bachelors Degree in Music. She returned to Seattle to obtain her Band Instrument Repair Technician and Canine Studies certifications. Jenny spends her days talking to dogs and spreading her sweet brass through performing, playing, and repairing as much as possible. One of her favorite experiences involved laying down the sound track to a special 2008 holiday mission for RPG, Pirates of the Burning Sea.
Sara dipity - Vocals
Sara Dipity is a Burlesque and Cabaret performer living in Seattle, WA. Singing since she could talk, Miss Dipity has had a wide range of vocal performance opportunities. She sang with Johnny Cash at age 8, and a mass at the Vatican at age 14. She holds a Bachelors Degree in Musical Theatre, and while at college was afforded the opportunity to perform at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Since moving to Seattle in 2009 Sara has performed on many stages as an actor, singer, dancer, ukuleleist and improviser. She joined the burlesque community in 2011, and is a proud graduate of Miss Indigo Blue's Academy of Burlesque.
Morgan Gilkeson - Drums
Morgan Gilkeson hails from Seattle and has been playing drums for 13 years. She began playing drums her Sophomore year of High School and received a scholarship to attend Central Washington University's renowned Jazz Program. In her years of playing, she has had the privilege of sharing the stage with many greats, some of which include Benny Green, Terell Stafford, Dawn Clement, Christoph Luty, Tamir Hendelman and Ingrid Jensen. Morgan has studied with some of the great drummers of our time: Jeff Hamilton, Jon Wikan, Matt Wilson, Garey Williams, Gary Hobbs, and Davy Nefos, just to name a few. In the greater Seattle area she has played at prestigious clubs and events in groups such as The Jay Thomas Big Band, The MoodSwings, The NW Gospel Big Band, The Jazz Pearls Quartet, and has recently accepted the position of being the drummer for the great band SWOJO. Her most recent project is the "Morgan G Funkay Quartet", and you can see them play every Friday at Holy Grounds Coffee House on Crown Hill, where Morgan also works as a Barista. In her spare time she enjoys spending time with her large family, brewing coffee, and playing with her Italian Greyhound puppy, Kuya. She also enjoys astronomy and hopes that one day she will have a constellation named after her.
the dancers
Jacqueline Hyde - The BiCoastal Badass
Jacqueline Hyde, the tantalizing vixen, has graced the stages of the burlesque world since 2005. Her style of dance and performance art has a strong influence in the Ballroom and Latin Dances. She has experience performing all over the US, Canada, and Europe in both Burlesque and Ballroom. With over 15 years experience as a professional Ballroom and Latin dancer, Jacqueline made the transition to the burlesque and cabaret arena with ease.
Aside from performing, Jacqueline is principal of the Jacqueline Hyde International School of Burlesque and Cabaret Arts, featuring both in person and online course programs. Jacqueline also is the executive decision maker for Jacqueline Hyde Emporium (Teas, Coffee, and much much more).
Whisper De Corvo - The Mythic Muse
Whisper De Corvo is a creature of myth. At once maiden, mother, crone, and muse, Whisper dances on the breath of the wind. Exotic, mysterious, dark, and dangerously beautiful, she treats every performance as a legend in the making. In addition to performing vintage-inspired burlesque with a twist of the bizarre, Whisper is the producer of West Seattle’s Westside Burlesque Revue. She also holds two titles from the Seattle Burlesque Olympics ( “Most Dramatic Glove Removal” and “Grand Supreme”), and has performed at the Pennsylvania Burlesque Festival (formerly Jim Thorpe), the Windy City Burlesque Festival and The Great Burlesque Exposition in Boston.
Kylie Koyote - The Seductive Siren of the Southwest
Kylie Koyote hails from the beauty of the Arizona desert and is known as "The Seductive Siren of the Southwest." She got her start in show business working in the theaters, amassing a respectable repertoire from Shakespeare to Disneyland. With a degree in musical theatre, and a background in professional modeling, she discovered burlesque and fell hard and fast. Now a rising star in the Seattle burlesque scene, she has had the pleasure of working with the burlesque supertroupe The Atomic Bombshells and Lily Verlaine and Jasper McCann Presents. Kylie is known for her commanding stage presence and creative musicality. She is an avid fundraiser for the Burlesque Hall of Fame and volunteers her time visiting military veterans. After escaping the daily grind of being a good girl, Kylie Koyote is proud to be joining the ranks of the international burlesque community.
