The Last Bohemia 2025 Performers
Opening Night: MINK AT THE MONTELEONE
Mink Stole was part of the original motley crew of cast players in underground shock master John Waters ‘ bare-bones 8mm, 16mm and 35mm cult camp romps during the late 60s and early 70s, and she would remain a thoroughly offbeat, outrageous presence in counterculture films for six decades. She was born with the All-American name of Nancy Stoll on August 25, 1947, in Baltimore, Maryland. Waters took her under his wing in 1966 wherein she started “acting out” a number of his deviant creations for gross-out effect alongside other outré members that included break-out drag star and actor Divine and the must-be-seen-to-be-believed Edith Massey. Calling themselves the Dreamland Players, Stole would become known as both the hysterical foil and vengeful nemesis of “leading lady” Divine, playing her annoying repulsive characters as pure evil incarnate. Her role in the infamous Pink Flamingos (1972) as Connie Marble, the carrot-domed villain complete with outlandish cats-eye glasses and seedy fur coat, set the tone for her subsequent gallery of grotesques, including the tantrum-throwing girl-child Taffy Davenport in Female Trouble (1974) , murderous housewife-on-the-lam Peggy Gravel in Desperate Living (1977), and corn-rowed hussy Sandra Sullivan in Polyester (1981) , which was the first Waters film to star a legit actor—Tab Hunter. Mink has appeared in nearly every one of his films. From 1994 on, she did bits in his wide releases of Hairspray (1988), Cry-Baby (1990), Serial Mom (1994), Pecker (1998), Cecil B. Demented (2000), A Dirty Shame (2004), Stuck! (2009), and Hush Up Sweet Charlotte (2015). Over the years, Mink has made the rounds on the experimental stage. She played Van Helsing in a production of Dracula and the title papal role in Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You, not to mention bizarre, contemporary treatments of the Bard’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and A Winter’s Tale. She attracted attention in the play Sleeping with Straight Men in the New York and Los Angeles productions. In recent years, Mink has portrayed Trinket Dugan in Tennessee Williams’ The Mutilated to rave reviews at the Contemporary Art Center New Orleans, the Provincetown Tennessee Williams Festival, and off-Broadway in New York. Currently, Mink’s cabaret/ storytelling/ interview show Idol Worship with San Francisco filmmaker and midnight movie emcee Peaches Christ is touring the US and Internationally.
Harry Mayronne was Musical Director/Arranger at the National WWII Museum’s Stage Door Canteen, is the accompanist for the New Orleans tradition of Caroling in Jackson Square, has summered in Berlin with the Pfister Sisters and is a producer of NOLA Brechtfest. He has appeared at the Provincetown and New Orleans Tennessee Williams Festivals, the New Orleans Giant Puppet Festival , and with Nina Hagen at Berliner Ensemble. His marionettes can be seen at Creason’s Fine Art in the French Quarter. Harry is co-producer, along with founder David C. Symons, of the annual New Orleans Brechtfest. Harry will be appearing at the 2025 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival with Chloe Marie.
Dr. Sick dislikes the concept of genre, and finds it limiting. He sings, plays 30 instruments and produces records. He is usually out on tour as musical director of the Squirrel Nut Zippers, the acclaimed swing band. His jazz quartet project, Dr. Sick and the Late Greats, mixes New Orleans music with songs less expected; everything from Broadway tunes to Rockabilly.
HAROLD AND ST. CLAUDE
Thugsy DaClown, Director, is a cabaret performer in New Orleans’ Storyville tradition incorporating burlesque, live music, and clowning. Thugsy can often be found gracing the stage of the Twilight Room. They are currently developing a musical rift on the classic film Harold and Maude called Harold and St. Claude, which is set in New Orleans in the early days of the AIDS epidemic.
Blue Muhlowd, The Revolutionary Royal of the South uses his platform to not only entertain, but also to bring awareness to social causes that he feels are important to everyone. He is the owner of Shades of Blue Productions and Co-Producer and cast members of King Sh!t—New Orleans’ ONLY all King show. Blue only has 3 modes: Revolutionary, Forever Fk Boi, and Spaz-tastic deviant. But make no mistake…no matter which Shade of Blue you meet, he’s here to make you question everything
Bizzy Barefoot has had the humbling fortune of performing on stages all over The United States, in Canada and Europe. Favorite experiences include the role of Molina in the 1996-97 national tour of Hal Prince’s Kiss of the Spider Woman, Oedipus the King with the Pittsburgh Public Theatre, the critically lauded Quills at the Pittsburgh Playhouse, Henry IV and A School for Scandal with Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theater, and the internationally acclaimed Dog Face with Quantum Theater in Madrid (Festival D’Otono). Bizzy has spent much time as coach, teacher, director, and musical director for various productions and institutions including the National Theater Workshop for the Handicapped. Bizzy creates music, puppetry, burlesque story telling, movement, film/video, drag, illusion, radical politics and the sensibilities of a classically trained actor to share a small piece of the human story as experienced through a uniquely colorful queer lens.
Dakota the Bearded Lady is a gender queer circus freak who has been featured from stages to television screens the world over. When they’re not performing onstage in any capacity anyone will hire her, they are baking, bartending, and being beardiful.
Lilith Dorsey M.A., is a queer, non-binary, Black author, filmmaker and Voodoo Priestess. Their education focused on Plant Science, Anthropology, and Film at the URI, NYU and the University of London. Their magickal training includes initiations in Lucumi, Haitian Vodou and New Orleans Voodoo. The are the filmmaker of the experimental documentary Bodies of Water: Voodoo Identity and Tranceformation. Dorsey is known as a choreographer and performer for the legend Dr. John’s Night Tripper Voodoo Show.
Velvet Spade, aka “The Satanic Dream” is a villainous vixen with fangs as sharp as their winged liner. They’ve got talent in spades and they eat fireballs for breakfast! They’re the circus punk you never had the nerve to approach. This devil is also producing shows across New Orleans.
Dick Jones is the chick with the balls to get a court order to call themselves DICK! While they cut their teeth in the performance art community of NYC, they now call New Orleans home. Never shying away from the avant garde, Dick strives to bring their whole heart on stage and then some. They are currently the producers of Cabaret Unreal at Bar Redux and co-producer of Sundown Striptease, a macabre and queer monthly cabaret at The Allways Lounge.
Rose Bush Blues, is a non-binary draglesque performer and artist. They are a graduate of Jeez Loueez’s Burlesque Workshop and Trixie Minx’s Boylesque Workshop, and an alumnus of the Actors Gymnasium Circus and Performing Arts School. Catch them flying around with Crescent City Aerial, dancing with Les Rebelles Dance Krewe, and fighting for civil rights with the MacArthur Justice Center.
FAUNIQUE. SO RELEVANT
Monique Jenkinson is an artist, choreographer, performer and writer whose work dwells at the intersection of contemporary dance and cabaret and considers the performance of femininity as a powerful, vulnerable and subversive act. Her alter-ego Fauxnique made herstory as the first cis-woman anywhere ever to be crowned as a pageant-winning drag queen and her solo performance works have toured nationally and internationally in wide-ranging contexts from nightclubs to theaters to museums. Her memoir, Faux Queen is out now on Amble Press.
SEEKING ASYLUM
Mari Kornhauser, Writer, is an award-winning writer/director/playwright who splits their time between Southern Louisiana and Southern California. Mari has had three feature films produced, and their produced television credits include episodes of HBO’s Peabody Award-winning Tremé. They have written on assignment for studios, actors, producers, and directors. A professor in the Creative Writing Program at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, they teach film and television writing.
Reese Johanson, Director, is a mother, artist, producer, director, writer, choreographer, philanthropist, actor, dancer whose experience in theater, dance and stage production spans over 30 years. As the founder of Art Street LLC, arts and entertainment production company, in New Orleans since 2007 and Amsterdam since 2023, Reese has hosted hundreds of artists locally, as well as traveled internationally developing new works and engaging in critical creative research. Current projects: Since When Did Efforts for World Peace Become a Cheesy Notion? and Dance Freely at the New Marigny Theatre and University of New Orleans. www.reesejohanson.com
Sallay Shameka Gray is an actress from New Orleans. Active in the film industry, she held the position of president for Women in Film and Television Louisiana. She currently teaches theatre arts at Young Audiences Charter School and art integration with Young Audiences of Louisiana.
Kathy Randels, born and raised in Bulbancha (New Orleans), founded ArtSpot Productions in 1995. She has written, performed in, and directed numerous original solo and collaborative group works for professional, student, and incarcerated ensembles in Louisiana and beyond. She co-founded and co-directs the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women Drama Club (1996); and The Graduates, a performing ensemble of formerly incarcerated women (2012). Current projects include: The Road to Damascus (as Told by Grandmother to Little Red); ARCH, (Arts, Racial Justice, Culture and Healing) at Orleans Justice Center; and is a contributing writer to a new book entitled See Me: Prison Theatre Workshops and Love. She is thrilled to collaborate with these amazing artists on Seeking Asylum!
THE NIGHT FIONA FLAWLESS WENT MAD
Trey Ming/Trey Bien, Writer/Director, is a long-time veteran of theatre, burlesque, cabaret, and the City Park Exhibitionist Club (not a real thing, but maybe it should be?). Founder and Artistic Director of local LGBTQ+ theatre and entertainment company Trey Bien Shows, Trey plans to be creating music, theatre, and scandalous performing art until he breathes his last orgasmic breath. When he isn’t performing or writing his latest musical, Trey can usually be found in the showers at the gym (“They have workout equipment too?!”) or crying into an empty bag of Doritos while re-watching the series finale of The Golden Girls.
Laveau Contraire, as “Fiona Flawless.” Laveau Contraire is a Drag Queen Extraordinaire from New Orleans, Louisiana. She has been putting audiences under her spell since 2015, and strives to bring magic and wonder to all of her artistic endeavors. Shortly after starting her drag journey, Laveau was crowned the winner of Tumblr’s Drag Race Cycle 7 and hosted and produced Cycle 8. Since then, Laveau has expanded her artistry to include hosting, producing, live singing, original music, celebrity impersonations, improv, drag mothering, drag wrestling, and is always looking to expand her horizons. Laveau is passionate about making drag accessible to audiences of all ages and often participates in Drag Queen Storytime events throughout the city. She was also recently awarded the title of “Best Drag Queen” by the community at the 2020 Flame Magazine Awards, and Gambit’s 40 under 40 Class of 2021. She was featured on Season 1 of Peacock’s Queer as Folk and is a producer and star of the documentary To Decadence with Love, Thanks for Everything on STARZ. She was recently crowned the first ever Miss New Orleans Comedy Queen in 2024. Known for her non-stop shenanigans, this witch is sure to bring down the house.
Prince Octavian, as “Dr. Fiddle.” The fairy Prince Octavian grew up trapped in a magical tower by an evil wizard until he gained access to Instagram, and there he learned how to use his fairy magic for GLAM instead of EVIL. Like any trapped young royal he found his peace by singing to the birds and memorizing opera records, and now he’s been unleashed on the world of mortals to create drag out of opera. He’s the sentimental magic boyfriend of your wet dreams and erotic nightmares, he’s the frog AFTER the kiss, he’s Le Prince Octavian.
(Also Known As) Zara Zemmels! Mezzo-soprano Zara Zemmels is a versatile singing actress who has been praised for her rich tone, wide vocal range and dramatic commitment. She finished her Masters in Vocal Performance at Loyola University in May 2019, and received Loyola’s award for Outstanding Opera Graduate Student. Since the pandemic she has worked equally in Cabaret and in Opera, producing monthly performances of Lieder & Lingerie at the Allways Lounge and working for Trixie Minx Productions. She was recently featured in the role of Alisa in New Orleans Opera’s production of Lucia di Lammermoor, and has been an active member of the New Orleans Opera chorus since 2012. Her notable roles include Jo March in Little Women, Prince Charming in Cendrillon, Mother Marie in Dialogues of the Carmelites, and Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro.
Bette Tittler, as “Delaney Starlet.” The Bodacious Belting Broad of Brooklyn and the Bywater: the Beautiful, Buxom Bette Tittler!!!!!!!!!!!!! What do you get when you mix drag, vocals, and real tits? Miss Pigg—ahem, Bette Tittler. Hailing from the dark depths of the NYC suburbs, Bette grew up in the shadow of Broadway. Bette is now a world-traveled professional singer and has performed on three continents. Her career got a revamp in 2020 when she moved out to the infamous queer beach town of Fire Island, where she began her very sparkly love affair with drag. Her first solo show, Bullshit With Bette Tittler, was the highest-attended Saturday late night show on Fire Island (don’t tell anyone it was the only one). Bette’s larger than life, glamorous, campy style (GLAMP!) has given her a new outlook on life, and a helluva lotta debt (it costs a lot of money to look this cheap!). She loves anything and everything glittery, sparkly, and shiny, and her deepest desire is to belt a power ballad in your face while you put money in her cleavage. Bette now resides in New Orleans and has taken up residence at the AllWays Lounge & Cabaret with her new show Broadville Follies. You can catch her and a variety of her queer, kinky, talented, glittery friends dressing up, stripping down, singing their hearts out, and dancing the night away at Allways.
KITTEN ON THE KEYS IN LANGUE DE CHAT
San Francisco cabaret royalty, Suzanne Ramsey aka Kitten on the Keys has been performing stateside and internationally—everywhere from sleazy bars to the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival. As a member of Cabaret New Burlesque in France, she has toured Europe several times, as well as appearing with the rest of the cast in Mathieu Amalric’s Palm D’Or winning film Tournee in 2010. She headlines annually at the Flower Piano Festival in Golden Gate Park’s Botanical Gardens. Kitten is the accordionist and vocalist for a horn heavy Captain Beefheart Tribute ensemble, Pachuco Cadaver. Her songbook is deep and wide. Pianist, accordionist, and singer, she plays a variety of styles and eras from kitschy cabaret originals to bawdy blues, unexpected covers, and forgotten gems of yesteryear.
The Last Bohemia Soirée: TIM MURRY IS WITCHES!
Tim Murray can be seen on The Other Two on HBOMax, in the film Swan Song starring Jennifer Coolidge, and all over TikTok (4.4 million likes) with his viral sketch comedy videos, including his popular series, “Every Conversation in LA.” Murray has performed stand-up all over the U.S. and the U.K., including San Francisco Sketchfest, The Brooklyn Comedy Festival, and DragCon. Murray has been a regular on the Las Culturistas LIVE podcast, and his podcast Slumber Party is on iHeart radio. He was part of the original cast of 50 Shades the Musical Off-Broadway (New York Times‘ Critics Pick), and Voldemort and the Teenage Hogwarts Musical Parody Off-West End. His new sketch comedy TV show, Wish You Were Queer, is produced by Trixie Mattel will debut in 2025.
Fauxnique (Monique Jenkinson) is an artist, choreographer, performer and writer whose work dwells at the intersection of contemporary dance and cabaret and considers the performance of femininity as a powerful, vulnerable and subversive act. Her alter-ego Fauxnique made herstory as the first cis-woman anywhere ever to be crowned as a pageant-winning drag queen and her solo performance works have toured nationally and internationally in wide-ranging contexts from nightclubs to theaters to museums. Her memoir, Faux Queen is out now on Amble Press.
San Francisco cabaret royalty, Suzanne Ramsey aka Kitten on the Keys has been performing stateside and internationally—everywhere from sleazy bars to the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival. As a member of Cabaret New Burlesque in France, she has toured Europe several times, as well as appearing with the rest of the cast in Mathieu Amalric’s Palm D’Or winning film Tournee in 2010. She headlines annually at the Flower Piano Festival in Golden Gate Park’s Botanical Gardens. Kitten is the accordionist and vocalist for a horn heavy Captain Beefheart Tribute ensemble, Pachuco Cadaver. Her songbook is deep and wide. Pianist, accordionist, and singer, she plays a variety of styles and eras from kitschy cabaret originals to bawdy blues, unexpected covers, and forgotten gems of yesteryear.
BIBI’S KITCHEN: A ROMANI CULINARY RITUAL
Ylva Mara Radziszewski (she/they) is Bimbo Yaga, the Trans MILF of your wet dreams. She is a traditional witch and artist of Romani and Eastern European heritage; residing in Bulbancha (New Orleans) the traditional land of the Chitimacha Nation. Their ritual and art practice are interwoven; for them magic is art and art is healing. Founder of the School of Traditional Magic, author of A Practical Guide for Witches, co-creator of The Living Altar, with writing featured in Witchcraft an anthology of modern magical tradition by TASCHEN, Secrets of Romani Fortune Telling by Jezmina Von Thiele & Paulina Stevens. Instagram: @bimboyaga
Moonbear Aguilar (they/them) aka “Butylene O’Kipple,” is a gender expansive, two-spirit artist and energy worker of Mexican, Indigenous North American, Romani, and mixed European heritage. Their 30+ years as a performer and musician continue to be fueled by curiosity and self discovery, while exploring the intersections of ancestor veneration, energy work, dance, mediumship and drag. Instagram: @oh_moonbear
Milly Raccoon (she/her) Trained by campfires and tavern jams all over the world, Milly Raccoon got her folk music start with traditional Turkish, Egyptian and Roma tunes for a belly dance troupe, honoring Roma heritage on her father’s side. Her current original music is influenced by classic country, early jazz, and other antiquated Americana. There is a connecting thread of spirituality, healing and liberation weaving through her work. Instagram: @millyraccoon
Paulina Stevens (she/her) was raised within her Muchwaya Romani family’s fortune telling and wellness traditions. She was inspired by the holistic health movement, and in 2018, earned a wellness coaching certificate, and later began collaborating with nutritionists and herbalists to serve clients. She opened Romani Holistic Healing in Newport Beach, CA, a spiritual shop that also offers readings, house cleansings, and coaching with clients. She is the co-host of the Romanistan Podcast and featured on the LA Times podcast, Foretold, which tells the story of Paulina’s decision to leave her arranged marriage and community, fight for custody of her children, and start a new life, walking between the Roma world and non-Roma world. She’s currently studying biotechnology at Miracoasta College.
Jezmina Von Thiele (they/she) is a writer, editor, educator, podcaster, and fortune teller. They write poetry, fiction, & nonfiction published in Prairie Schooner, The Kenyon Review Online, Narrative Magazine, & elsewhere. Jezmina is of mixed heritage and reads tarot, palms, and tea leaves in her Romani family’s tradition, both online, and in-person. Jezmina specializes in teaching creativity, art, writing, and literature workshops; divination; and other spiritual topics. Jezmina also tells fortunes and performs with The Poetry Brothel—Boston. They are co-host of Romanistan, a podcast celebrating Romani culture, alongside co-host Paulina Stevens. Jezmina and Paulina authored their debut book, Secrets of RomaniFortune Telling.
