The Beast Women are Coming!

In addition to Oscar Wilde’s Salome and The Living Canvas: Rain, there is a fresh and exciting new addition to the Naked July lineup this summer—a talented and multi-dimensional performance group called the Beast Women that will light up the stage at the National Pastime Theater on Thursdays and Sundays. The Beast Women ensemble includes beautiful burlesque dancers with tantalizing names like Red Hot Annie (shown here in a photo by Hunter Mathews), Abigail Ala Mode, Anita Lilmore, and Booty Garland, but the list of other performance genres includes poets, performance artists, musicians, monologists, and comedians.

The co-producers and co-directors of the Beast Women are Jillian Erickson and Michelle Power, and they see their shows at the Naked July Festival this summer as an exciting extension of the performances that have staged over the past few years. In their words, “Beast Women celebrates womens' strength through performance via different genres including, singing, burlesque, comedy, poetry, and belly dancing, just to name a few. The purity of strength is highlighted as virtuous through their expressions of freedom, sexuality, and life oddities. Beast Women celebrates all women and will feature 30 femme fatales in a rotating lineup for this one of a kind showcase, offering a new and stimulating experience each night.”

Photo by Hunter Mathews

To get a sense of the range and diversity of the performers and their performing styles, here is the line-up for just the first three shows:

Thursday, June 3: 8:00pm


Abigail Ala Mode - Burlesque Performer

Sandra La Pixie - Performance Poet

Sarah Heston - Dance Artist

JoBeth Harrison- Songstress

Virginia Marie- Performance Artist

Robin Fine- Poetess



Sunday, July 3: 6:00pm


Anita Lilmore - Burlesque Performer

Jessica Bonomo- Hoop Artist

Jen St. Stjarna - Piano Songstress

Gillian Holoroyd- Erotic Poetess

Brittny Congleton -Comedic Songstress

Kamani Raqs- Belly Dancer

Jillian Erickson- Performance Artist



Thursday, July 7: 8:00pm


Mia D. Vine - Burlesque Performer

Sarah Lowry - Performance Artist

Sonia - Drum/Dance Songstress

Arin Mulvaney- Comedic Monologist

Sarra Jahedi - Stand-up Comedian

Annah London- Folk Songstress

To view a complete listing of the Beast Women performances that are scheduled for the Naked July Festival this summer, click here to go to the event page on their web site. As you will see, it is a different lineup each night, so you will want to come back several times during the summer to see what new and provocative performance pieces they have devised for this special event. The producers have promised some bold new acts to embrace the “nakedness” of Naked July—they are shows you will not want to miss.