Taro Baugham (co-founder and musical director). Audiophile and LA transplant Taro Baugham (a.k.a. DJ Momotaro) has been entertaining audiences with a wild and varied assortment of vinyl delicacies at burlesque performances and strange theme parties in nightclubs all over New York City. Momotaro DJ'ed the last two New York Burlesque Festivals as well as a number of World Famous Pontani Sister productions. As a musician, he can be seen performing with PALEFACE, INSIDE SEKA, and THE NEW LOWS.

Marla Janelle Humphress (co-founder). Proudest of her title as a Colonel of Kentucky, Marla studied poetry at Louisville of Kentucky and costume design at Yale Drama School. Currently she is writing a book of poems for Columbia House Publishing. She has been performing as Twirla in NYC for the past three years. In development are an array of new characters including May B. Saintly, Collete, and Leda D'Arcy.

Dr. Lukki (co-founder). Lukki received her Ph.D from New York University's Performance Studies Department. Her dissertation examines fire-based disaster spectacles at Coney Island at the turn-of-the-twentieth century and her area of specialty is nineteenth-century popular American entertainment and culture.

Gretchen Vitamvas (co-founder). Gretchen is a visual artist living in Brooklyn. Current projects include SUBWEAR, subway camouflage suits and accessories, and exploring Rockette as subject matter in considering identity, woman as machine, and wartime entertainment. She's excited to have the opportunity to work with the exciting and talented Vaudeville All Stars. Visit the online slide file at artistsspace.org for examples of her work

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