Archive: Frisky Friday Performers
These are some of the artists who have graced the Moisture Festival’s stages over the years. To book an artist for your event, please contact them directly. Opening their bio will, in most cases, provide a website link.
Please note that the biographies that appear on this page have not been updated since the artist last appeared at Moisture Festival, which in some cases may have been many years ago. Therefore, some of these acts may no longer be performing, and some links to the performers’ websites may no longer be current.
ACTin’ Up
ACTin’ Up (she/they) is “Thee Unshod Fae”. They are an international and award winning performer, trained in over 10 styles of movement. A stan of handstands and force of floor...
Al Simmons
In the tradition of the great comedy kings, Danny Kaye, Spike Jones and Jimmy Durante comes Al Simmons – a man dedicated to the all but lost art of combining...
Amy Engelhardt
AMY ENGELHARDT fell in love with the Pacific Northwest as the sole female member of Grammy-nominated, Seattle-based vocal quartet The Bobs from 1998-2011. And as Mother Superior of the (satanic)...
Andrey Moraru
Andrey Moraru studied at Kiev State College of Circus and Variety Art in Ukraine. During his 4 years there, Andrey was taught by Vitold Kuvshinov, a renowned balance teacher. In...
Avner the Eccentric
Avner Eisenberg was one of a handful of performers, including The Flying Karamazov Brothers, Penn and Teller, and Bill Irwin, who arrived on and off Broadway in the early 1980s...
Bambi Karloff
Bambi Karloff is a drag king, burlesque performer, comedian, and one of the fewer than 30 female sword swallowers in the world. Whether performing as herself, bumbling spaceman Igor Wurst,...
Cabaret Atelier
Cabaret Atelier is an adult dance studio that hosts sensual cabaret dance classes and events. We love creating performance opportunities for performers of all levels, and a supportive growth oriented...
Chris McDaniel
“Chris McDaniel and his One-man Wild West Show” mixes trick roping and bullwhip artistry with classic Western songs like Rawhide, and a little magic thrown in. He began singing professionally in...
Colin Creveling: Haus of Wire
A crafty clown with the flair of an escape artist, Colin Creveling will carry you to the mercurial reaches of your imagination. Raised in the heart of the midwest, “Donkey”...
Cyara Hotopp
Cyara is an amazing circus artist. After years of competitive figure skating and dance she has made her mark in the worlds of: aerial arts, inline skating, stilt walking, dance...
Cybele León
Cybele León is a cross-disciplined movement artist and burlesque performer combining her circus training and kink cabaret dance experience into her own blend of cabaret dance. After launching her burlesque...
Donovan x Oroki
Oroki is a Seattle-based aerial instructor, performer, and producer. Starting their circus journey at Emerald City Trapeze Arts, they train internationally at École de cirque de Québec. They now teach...
Duo Rose Trapeze
The passionate, romantic trapeze performance of Duo Rose combines unique dynamic elements with aerial contortion. The seamless flow of highly technical skills and intense passion creates a fluid aerial ballet...
Elena Brocade
I have parlayed my career in circus and varieté theater as a performing artist, rigger, choreographer, producer and costume designer. In 2002 I became part of the American circus community...
Emma D’Lemma
“Emma Foster is a dancer, choreographer, aerialist, burlesque, and variety performer. As a choreographer and performer they are known for bringing unique and quixotic movement quality to the stage. Their passion for...
Fremont Philharmonic Orchestra
Originally the Freiberg Philharmonium, the Fremont Philharmonic couldn’t get a gig in town, as everyone in the little Alsatian town was in the band. Neighboring villages suspected with so much...
Georgetown Orbits
The Georgetown Orbits boast a heavy regimen of traditional ska and soulful reggae. One of the few bands to pay tribute to the golden era of Jamaican ska and reggae...
Hayley Dynamo
Hayley is a multidisciplinary circus artist specializing in Cyr wheel, aerial silks & duo aerial. She received a BA in dance from Oberlin College before pursuing a career in circus...
Hilary Chaplain
Hilary Chaplain, actress, clown, physical comedian and teacher, has worked with George C. Wolfe & Patrick Stewart, Aitor Basauri, Bill Irwin, Avner Eisenberg, the Big Apple Circus, on Broadway and...
Hoop-a-do
Ty and Maureen Monroe started hooping together in 2015. By combining juggling, partner acrobatics, and tandem hooping they have created a unique and fun act that has evolved over time....
Jesse Patterson
Hailing from Dallas, Texas, Jesse is a varieté circus performer with a remarkable journey that harmonizes innovation with cherished traditions. Starting her journey at the age of ten, Jesse’s initial...
Jessica Perry
Jessica Perry is an artist and creator of multi-genre performance art. She graduated from the National Centre for Circus Arts in London in 2017 where she specialized in rope. This...
Jonathan Burns
Blessed with the gifts of flexibility, curiosity, and goofiness, Jonathan Burns combines these unique talents to astonish audiences around the globe. Jonathan has wowed the AMERICA’S GOT TALENT judges, called “Absolutely Fabulous”...
Kiki The Crab
Kiki Cosmosis is an interdimensional ecdysiast from Seattle WA. Since 2011 she’s been transforming cosmic inspiration into sensuous acts of artistic elation. This award winning multi-undisciplinary artist is known for...
Leah Jones
Leah Jones is a ballet trained aerial straps artist who has been training, teaching and performing straps for the past twelve years. She received her training under the tutelage of...
Lindsay Benner
Lindsay Benner is a beloved staple in the US variety arts scene. She mixes classic vaudeville tricks with a theatrical, seductive spin that gives her audience a unique and memorable...
Louie Foxx – don’t use
Louie Foxx celebrated his interest in childish pursuits even before the birth of his child gave him “… a valid excuse to go to the zoo once a week and...
Louie Foxx – dont use
Louie Foxx celebrated his interest in childish pursuits even before the birth of his child gave him “… a valid excuse to go to the zoo once a week and...
Lucia Démone
Locally grown on Vashon Island and newly residing in Los Angeles, Lucia Démone is thrilled to be returning home for this year’s Moisture Festival. She lives to tell stories with...
Lucy Juggles
Lucy Juggles is a full time juggler based in the Bay Area. She currently performs a one woman comedy juggling show at Pier 39 in San Francisco, where she does...
Mademoiselle Amelia
Mademoiselle Amelia is a tantalizing treat to be witnessed. Her mesmerizing stage presence combined with her larger than life glamour makes every performance a new tease to tickle your fancy....
Mathieu Bolillo
Mathieu Bolillo is a highly skilled performer with 30 years of athletic and acrobatic experience and an insatiable drive to further his skill and push the human body to new...
Meadow Perry
Meadow Perry is a Magician, Bubble Artist and Actress who creates breathtakingly beautiful magic out of thin air. Her internationally acclaimed show, “Bubble Magic” combines skillful bubble artistry, magic, music...
MP
MP (Mary Pat Letourneau) is an award-winning choreographer and performance artist who performs nationwide as a contortionist, pole artist, aerialist, dancer, and also is a stunt performer for various TV Shows....
MP Letourneau – OLD BIO do not use
MP (Mary Pat Letourneau) is an award-winning choreographer and performance artist with 8 years of experience performing nationwide as a contortionist, pole artist, aerialist, and dancer. In this capacity, she toured the...
Naked Truth
The Naked Truth show band. Their name? We looked up Naked Truth on the internet and found this story explaining the source of that idiom since the late 1500s: Truth...
New Funtones with MR. Woodhead and M.C. Shoehorn
The New Funtones feature character and skill-driven comedy and musical variety with singing, tap dance and eccentric dance!
Pinay Grigio
Pinay Grigio is a Filipina American burlesque performer and dance educator based out of Seattle, WA. She is the producer of “The Halo-Halo Cabaret”, an all Asian, Native Hawaiian, and...
Quantum Tease
Now we know that Moisture Festival audiences count on us to teach them important science concepts like the Quantum Entanglement, quantum measurement, Decoherence and the like and we know that...
Rosemary Le
Rosemary Le is a multidisciplinary circus artist specializing in the aerial cyr wheel. She grew up with a varied movement background of dance, gymnastics, swimming, and martial arts, but always...
Sailor St. Claire
Sailor St. Claire is a curvaceous redhead with learned mind and an A+ anatomy. With her scintillating wit and charm, Sailor channels academic excellence into burlesque bravura as a performer...
Scarlett Folds
Scarlett Folds — Miss Folds if you’re nasty — is THE raunchy red-lipped lady. Scarlett knows love can be tough sometimes. She also knows you like it that way. This...
Shannon Gray
Shannon Gray can be found passing the time doing what many would consider rolling, climbing, releasing, gliding and exploring. She enjoys things which consist of water, mud, trapeze bars, sand,...
Skirt Vonnegut
Clawing their way out of an Appalachian holler, Skirt Vonnegut is the sketch comedian of burlesque, here to satisfy your wildest nerdy fantasies. A classically trained dancer with over 15...
Snatch Adams
A childhood spent traveling with the circus has produced the burlesque babe of buffoonery! Combining classic skills such as knife-juggling and unicycling with the art of the tease, internationally-known Snatch...
Space Oddity
Space Oddity is a Seattle-based eclectic arts organization that celebrates quirky and enigmatic performance art, transforming opulent spaces into realms of creation, connection, and uninhibited expression. They are the creators of Ambrosia and...
Stefano Iaboni
Producer, managing director and comedy host Stefano Iaboni is an international actor/performer/director and teacher born and raised in Rome … yes, that Rome. He moved to the Netherlands and enrolled...
Steffon Moody
As a founding member of the acclaimed UMO Ensemble and performer for New York’s Big Apple Circus, Steffon is embedded in a network of amazing performers and artists, and has...
Tall Ty The Circus Guy
Ty’s Cyr wheel act will have your head spinning. A graduate of the National Circus School of Canada, Ty has toured his wheel internationally. By infusing his work with character...
The Swan
Annett Mateo believes anything can be a puppet! For over 20 years she has made all kinds of puppets out of all kinds of materials. In her career as a...
Tom Noddy
Tom has done something unique in show business … he created a new kind of act. When Tom Noddy first took his performance of Bubble Magic onto the Tonight Show...
Tony Steinbach
Tony has been yelling and throwing things since he was 12 years old. Now he travels around the world performing at resorts, magic lounges, corporate events and comedy festivals and...
Trevor & Lorena Comedy Magic
Prepare to embark on an enchanting journey with Trevor and Lorena Watters, a dynamic duo setting the comedy magic world ablaze! Picture this: the comedic charm of The Carol Burnett...
Tumbleweed Circus
Tumbleweed Circus is a one-woman, eight-wheeled spectacle who captivates audiences with an exciting blend of physical comedy, roller skating, trick roping, fire manipulation and juggling stunts. Her dangerous and daring...
Tyler West
Tyler West is originally from Tucson, Arizona where his inspiration to become a professional clown came about while he was in 7th grade and went to see a Cirque...
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