Program areas at Bearded Ladies Cabaret
Late night snacks - the Bearded Ladies create temporary platforms for artists from the international community of drag, queer performance, opera, Cabaret, and nightlife to perform. This series of programs will be a mobile festival of performance on a truck in spring 2024. The Bearded Ladies work with partner organizations and artists to curate over 70 artist/groups each september, serving over 3,000 people annually and mixing international and local Cabaret, opera, drag, and performance artists. Accessibility is a key value for this program and all Bearded Ladies programs. Tickets/admission to late night snacks always include a pay-what-you-decide and/or free option designed to combat lack of accessibility to the arts in philadelphia.
Rose - in this musical shrine to the comsumed twin, named rose, john welcomes you into a feast of gender through song, storytelling, and a full plate of wordplay. Featuring all original music written in collaboration with emily bate, daniel de jesus, pax ressler, and be steadwell.
The beard mobile - gets into her finest book-lover drag for a family- friendly show about libraries and the people who make them so wonderful. Check it out celebrates phillys free libraries as places of freedom for all families with especial love to families who are queer, questioning, and learning who they are. Filled with songs, books banned and not, drag, glitter, joy, and community. Check it out is hosted by form librarian and current rock star sam rise and features hip-hop collective ill doots with Cabaret dream lili st queer.
Threesome - starring seattle's legendary cherdonna shinatra and philadelphia's drag luminaries jarbeaux and martha graham cracker, threesome is an evening of solo drag/dance/cabaret artists searching for stability within a universe of uncertainty. Revenue = 13,000; expenses = 40,624. Mabeline - this is a residency program in partnership with opera philadelphia & voyeur nightclub pop diva mabeline is back and greener than ever, kicking off her world tour in philly with an electrifying set blending viral hits including "my patina- and "green light" with holiday classics like you've never heard them before. The grinch's ex-wife is bringing the heat to the coldest time of year with her holiday show featuring dazzling visuals, dynamic dancers, and surprise guest appearances from whoville and philly legends. Revenue = 9,000; expenses = 7,947.