The Stage Door · Burlesque Chicago
The Artist Directory
A doorway for extraordinary traveling talent: speakeasy cabaret, fire, circus, aerial, magic, theatrical character work and spectacular immersive performance.
Choose your path
What are you here to do?
Use the Directory for artist introductions and approved profiles. If your goal is different, go straight to the right next step.
See reviewed public profiles currently in the Directory. Submit yourself
Artists: send your reel and profile for editorial review. Submit a show or audition
Producers: share a public event, casting call or opportunity. Learn or develop an act
Classes, private instruction and performer development with Red Hot Annie. Hire talent or build an event
Commercial casting, private events and production belong with Vaudezilla.
Got a performance that changes the energy of an entire room? We want to see it. This is a free first introduction for ambitious artists based anywhere who travel—or may travel—for compelling, professionally produced events. Show us your strongest reel, technical needs, range of characters and appetite for creating something bigger than a standalone gig.
Illustrative category images and Vaudezilla media-library examples; not an announcement of current casting, availability or artist representation.
Cabaret after dark
Speakeasy hosts, immersive actors, showgirls, featured burlesque, daring variety, singers and musicians with unmistakable presence.
Fire, flight and spectacle
Fire artists, LED and flow performers, aerialists, acrobats, Cyr wheel specialists, magicians and bold visual acts.
Immersive world-builders
Roaming characters, unusual live art, theatrical hosts, creative collaborators and flexible ensemble performers who make stories feel real.
How the directory works
01. Show us your work. Send a stage name, location, strongest performance reel, travel availability, short pitch and optional photo. Submission is free, and no existing burlesque credentials are required.
02. Tell us your ambition. Share whether you can travel, what kind of production you want to join and any technical requirements. Explicitly opt in if you’d also like Vaudezilla to review your details for possible paid casting.
03. We review submissions. A profile is published only after editorial approval; paid casting consideration is separate and selective, with no guaranteed engagement. Artists can request updates or removal; private details stay private.
Independent directory. Professional production. Your choice.
Introduce yourself here. Your optional Vaudezilla casting opt-in lets us consider the same submission for professional production work. For professionally produced entertainment, Vaudezilla scopes, casts and coordinates its own engagements. For burlesque classes or private instruction, go directly to Red Hot Annie. Artist inclusion here does not mean Vaudezilla represents or has approved the artist for its productions.
Peek inside the world that needs your magic.
Curious about the kind of specialty artists and immersive collaborators we’re hoping to meet? Open the talent call and prepare your strongest producer pitch.
Vaudezilla builds bespoke immersive entertainment and private productions for ambitious events. Explore selected real client work and The Pink Hotel to understand the creative worlds our performers may help bring to life. A public directory profile is never an automatic Vaudezilla endorsement.
Make your entrance.
Professional performers and ambitious specialists from anywhere: show us something extraordinary. Choose whether your submission is for editorial directory consideration only or may also be reviewed by Vaudezilla for paid production casting. There’s no second application required to grant casting consideration here, though specific opportunities may have additional requirements.
No submission fee. Your reel link and private email go to our editor, not to the public directory. Photos and public profiles require permission and review; casting is considered only if you opt in.
Already submitted? Explore approved artist profiles or artist resources. Producers can submit a show or audition. For profile corrections or editorial questions, write to our editor.
Approved artists, as they arrive.
Profiles appear here only after a submission has been reviewed and approved for public listing. The directory is not an open, automated scrape of artists and does not imply Vaudezilla casting or representation. Artists may request corrections or removal.
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Darnell Johnson
Chicago-based circus, aerial, acrobatics and Cyr wheel artist; flexible, open to direction, and available for national or international travel.
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Vinny
Chicago-based live vocalist and musician with a flexible performance style and a particular strength in opera.