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Last year Waxie Moon was attending one of my Moomin Fort parties and he was so smitten with Moonin Fort that he wanted to do an Artist Residence in it.  An e-mail was sent out about it and nothing really came of it, until this year.  Earlier this Spring Honeysuckle Hype needed a place to workshop her new piece “ Eat Your Heart Out! “ and I offered up my living room. I figured if we could rehearse the dancing sequences for “House of Thee UnHoly”, and if Joey Arias, Justin Bond and John Kelly could rehearse their shows in my living room, why not have an on going Artist in Residence!

It was lovely to come home and see Ms. Hype in various states of undress and have conversations with her about where she was at in her creative process and kibbitz about the editing process of her piece, and giving a little feed back here and there (when asked for). Her show has legs and was quite well received on Kickstarter where she was fully funded. She has gone on to perform it is several cities and I feel like an Art parent.

The third Artist in Residence is Scotty The Blue Bunny who is my first live in resident, he has been here since May 28th and is working on his show that debuts in my new “Thee Wild Herring Cabaret “ series at West Hall July 10th. As you can imagine home life has been …. very amplified. The Rabbit plays the violin beautifully and is quite chatty in the morning which I am not…  But that is domestic stuff that no one wants to hear about.

Who knows maybe this year Waxie Moon will fulfill his residency in Moomin Fort with a beautiful dance.  I really enjoy having creative people in my home working on their creative process, it is satisfying and rewarding, and gives a whole new dimension to the house and what a house can be.

I Love this video that Honeysuckle Hype made during her residency.

Taylor Mac - photo by Lucien Samaha

Taylor Mac

“One of the most exciting theater artists of our time.”

-Time Out New York

For one night only, downtown New York’s darling Taylor Mac comes to share his very own intimate and extremely personal style of performance that has the press talking and gushing around the world.  He will share songs and stories and his own brand of magic with us at West Hall on December the 18th the closing night of the first season of Thee Wild Herring Cabaret. Happy Holidays!

Our Lady J

“Gospel for The Godless”

OUR LADY J’s “Gospel for The Godless” is a musical celebration of original music, penned by the Lady herself. Inspired by traditional Gospel music services, this show is anything but traditional: Our Lady J promises to deliver a new testament of post-religious gospel music with a rousing set that promises to deliver you from your woes, sans the usual dogmatic baggage. A self-proclaimed transexual spiritualist, Our Lady J is
revitalizing the genre one song at a time, while remaining true to what gospel music was intended to be- powerful, uplifting music for
all of humankind.

Testimonials from the congregation:


“Stunning!” - New York Magazine

“A fierce diva!”Perez Hilton

“ Virtuosic! Our Lady J is a big, brassy blond, with an abiding love of gospel… Don’t dismiss Our Lady J as a transgender novelty act! The critics’ favorite bowls the audience over with her gospel stylings and pianistic skills.”Time Out New York

“Powerful! Our Lady J knows how to rock the house. She will have you singing her praises long after the show is over.”The Village Voice

“The sultry vocals of Our Lady J are a regular presence on the New York City and London underground music scenes. From beautifully arranged covers of songs by Dolly Parton, Nine Inch Nails, and Alanis Morissette, to stellar, sometimes haunting, self-composed works, the transgender sensation is truly genre-bending.”Joseph Hassan, OUT.com

“Divine. A dazzling affair of seductive songs. Fabulous.”Next Magazine

“Our Lady J is a monster musician and a great soul.  A great huge heart with a great talent. I must confess: she knocked me out.  I adore her.” - Diamanda Galas

Scotty the Blue Bunny

“Where Do I Begin”

An all new original experience by Scotty the Blue Bunny


Scotty the Blue Bunny’s first solo experience in over 5 years, filled with Music! Song! and Dance! The Bunny will guide you through a 60 minute laughing affirmation that preaches to the choir and helps us to transcend the Zeitgeist in a return to the real cabaret from the Lapine P.O.V.

Clad in his signature interspecies power suite of spandex our vaudevillianous guru delivers meditations via Rap, Modern Dance (and possibly a few asanas) and Fiddle !

Let us PRAY!

What the press has had to say about The Bunny;

“Strange and Magical” -  SF Weekly

“You don’t get that every day” -  International Tattoo Art Magazine

“A seven-foot tall tower of shimmery spandex and attitude” – DNA Magazine, Australia

” The ubiquitous comedian and M.C.”  –  The New York Times

“Night, Sleep, Death and the Stars: an Evening with Nick Garrison”
(thank you Walt Whitman)


Darkly comic and sweetly heartbreaking, an evening with Seattle chanteur and performance artist Nick Garrison will take you on a rocking musical journey that mixes original songs, classic covers from Weimar-era cabaret tunes about plucky whores to stadium sized rock anthems about gender warriors, and horrifying, hilarious true stories to create a truly mind-bending and deeply entertaining musical extravaganza.

Looking Back At The Future!

Joey Arias (Legendary performer and star of Cirque du Soliel’s Zumanity) and Sherry Vine (International drag darling and founding member of Theatre Couture) present their newest cabaret collaboration – Looking Back At The Future!  The dynamic duo of drag have performed their other smash show; SINsation and StarLust, all over the world; including Berlin, Vienna, Manchester, Helsinki, Tallinn, Amsterdam, Los Angeles, Miami, Seattle, Montreal and New York City.  Looking Back At The Future is sexy and funny with songs from The Andrew Sisters, Guns and Roses, Billie Holiday, Lady GaGa and more.

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