Have Donkey, Will Travel

We are looking for venues right now...

Fortunately, a dear friend, Deanna Deolloz, has some great ideas in the works for a potential venue. Please contact me if you are or know a person who would like to host FBC.
(Stacey at pinkretrokitty@gmail.com)

Also, an old buddy, Matt Byrne has introduced me to Jessica Lindley who has been a great resource for finding potential funding -- which is great because Flatbed needs things and things cost money! Yay!

Sewing Circle of Awesomeness

The sewing circle has formed, combining the super sewing powers of a small group of good friends (who just happen to also be magnificently creative ladies): Ellen Stader, Eunice Yaklin, Deborah Mcadoo, Juliana Azar, and yours truly!

In our last couple of meetings we have riffed on ideas for costumes, pieces for the show, dug through baubles, sparkles, and clothes to alter, and drank lots and lots of red wine.

Getting Weirder...

Yay! Back in the saddle, again. Recently, my attention has been absorbed with wrapping up the final days of my beloved burlesque troupe of seven years — Kitty Kitty Bang Bang. Fortunately, in the meantime, I have also had the pleasure of mingling with a few maniacs and recruiting a few shady characters who are just brimming with strange talents and stranger ideas. To name but a few:

Mike Lee, "Golden Boy of American Radio", was a natural choice for a co-producer as he is my hubby and I have been kicking ideas back and forth with him for years! He is hilarious, supportive, super-handy, and, by extension, has played the role of off-and-on psuedo-co-producer for kitty and the inaugural year of the Texas Burlesque Fest.

Doryan Rice, whom I initially contacted because he is a wonderfully talented emcee and knew I had to have him in the show, has offered up his awesomeness as a producer, as well! Really looking forward to working with him and his people.

Priya Sircar, an insanely brilliant choreographer who I was fortunate enough to snag before she leaves for grad school in NYC. We had a blast taking some snapshots (above) and, most importantly, collaborating on a wonderful little klezmer ditty that is the inaugural performance piece of Flatbed Cabaret! I am very grateful that she’s been able to make her own special mark on flatbed before she takes off!


Looking forward to meeting more of you!

Leaving the Station...

Howdy everyone!

If I haven’t met you yet, please allow me to introduce myself:

My name is Stacey Breakall, and I am a performer and producer out of Austin. My previous credits include: creator/producer of Flea Market Film Festival and Kitty Kitty Bang Bang Burlesque, and the co-creator/co-producer of Texas Burlesque Festival. I have been performing as Tijuana Trixie in Kitty Kitty Bang Bang for the past seven years and have picked up other odds and ends along the way.

I am currently creating a new project called Flatbed Cabaret. Flatbed Cabaret is a highly imaginative, no-frills, portable roadside attraction that captures the essence of a mom and pop traveling circus. (Read: Mae West meets David Lynch meets the Muppets) It focuses on supporting the expansion of vaudeville and the theater of et cetera. True to its name, this show is staged upon a flatbed trailer that has been transformed into a quirky and spectacular theater.

Over half of each show incorporates a rotating cast of guest performers, particularly those who are considered fringe, under-served, or whose performance frequencies are limited by available venues. This includes, but is not limited to, acrobats, mimes, clowns, fire-handlers, wrestlers, ventriloquist, belly-dancers, film-makers, cartoonists, magicians, contortionists, poets, and DIY entertainers from the broader Austin community.

I would love to hear from interested writers, directors, and performers.

Cheers,

Stacey

pinkretrokitty@gmail.com