Our 2024 Emcees

Rebecca MM Davis

Thursday Night Emcee

Rebecca Mm Davis has been MC’ing and hosting events since her 8th grade talent show. Burlesque has taken her up and down the West Coast and to Canada, as well as to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Recent highlights include hosting  “Juneteenth JumpOff” with Bawdy Suit in Chicago, the Saskatoon International Burlesque Festival, the Savannah Burlesque Festival, and the Pacific Northwest Burlesque Festival. In BC, she was fortunate to host twice for the Riot Grrrls in Victoria.  Along with Founder Mx Pucks A’Plenty, Rebecca annually co-produces What The Funk: An All BIPOC Burlesque Festival in Seattle, WA. With her own production company The Stay Up Late Show, Rebecca has produced and hosted nerdlesques, burlesques, and the talk show of the same name.

Alotta Boutté

Friday Night Emcee

Hailing from the Bay area, this International Cabaret and Burlesque Bae Sensation was raised by the South, dressed by drag queens, and cut her teeth in San Francisco's beautiful smoky underbelly. Classically trained, yet forged in nightclubs, this queen brings the drama and vocals that will make you bow down. The Sinfully Saccharine Siren of San Francisco is Alotta Boutté.

Ms. Boutté may have discovered burlesque in the back of a magazine, but she is a dance and theater kid at her core. From tap dance to piano to a cappella choir to plays and musicals, treading the boards has always been home for Ms. Boutté! She even accompanied herself as part of the pre-show for the Mugler Follies in Paris! She has shared the stage with the likes of Joey Arias, Taylor Mac, and Margaret Cho as well as performed at the Goat Farm, the original home of the Burlesque Hall of Fame Museum in Helendale, CA. She was a core member of the legendary all Black neo-burlesque troupe Harlem Shake Burlesque, founded by Simone de la Getto.

In 2022 Ms. Boutté received a Sassy Lassy Award from the Burlesque Hall of Fame in special recognition of her significant impact in the promotion and perpetuation of burlesque. 

She was also featured in Leonard Nimoy's The Full Body Project in 2007. This project presented images of full-bodied women-many of whom were and still are engaged in "fat liberation" and the "size acceptance" movement- and challenged dominant notions of the ideal female figure as represented in the media and fine arts.

Sultry and sweet, classic with a touch of raunch. With a splash of kink and a challenge to your perceptions, Ms. Boutté is here to entice you, rev you up to a feverish pitch, and leave you hungry for more. She will weave a spell with the sound of her voice and with a flick of the wrist she’ll snatch your soul. She is an exquisite journey that will leave you in your seat forever changed. Following this siren's song will leave you wrecked in all the best ways possible, so crash upon the shores of Alotta Boutté.

World Famous *BoB*

Saturday Night Emcee

The World Famous *BOB*, known for her over  the top blonde bombshell image and incredible  ability to mix martinis in her cleavage, has  captivated audiences all over the world with her  unique burlesque stylings, humorous  performance art, and emcee skills.  

 They have been photographed by hundreds  of photographers including Patrick McMullan,  Mario Testino, and David LaChapelle. *BOB*  appears in several books including Hotel  LaChapelle, New Burlesque, Striptease: From  Gaslight to Spotlight, Burlesque: The New Bump  and Grind, The Brooklynites, The Velvet  Hammer Burlesque., Domestic Burlesque,  Legends of Burlesque as well as The Burlesque  Handbook and more. A collection of photos by  Amy Touchette was published by UnGyve Press 

entitled “Shoot the Arrow- A Portrait of The  World Famous *BOB*”.  

 Believing that television is “the theatre for the  poor” *BOB* is a huge fan of the boob tube and  has appeared on A&E’s The History of Cleavage  as well as HBO’s Real Sex. He has graced the  pages of over 50 national & international  publications including The New York Times. The  big screen suits *BOB* as well, with screen  credits including John Cameron Mitchell’s film  Shortbus and Beth B.’s EXPOSED.  

 World Famous *BOB* for 12 years was a  regularly scheduled guest speaker at NYU and  has performed and appeared at over 20 U.S.  Universities including Harvard, Yale, and Bard.   She has performed all over the world and co created and starred in Young Jean Lee’s;  “Untitled Feminist Show”. From NYC’s Dance 

Theatre Workshop to Taylor Mac’s “The Lily’s  Revenge”, to Stockholm’s Sodra Teatern, World  Famous *BOB* has brought crowds together by  pointing out what we all have in common- the  need for love and creating that with her art in the  moment.  

*BOB* continues their life in the spotlight and is  also an Ultimate Self Confidence! Coach for  people worldwide as well as the newly appointed  Activities and Programming Specialist of  Rainbow Connections ATX an intergenerational  Queer non-profit they help Queerate. The proud  Mother of the House of Famous where the motto  is “Nice is the new fierce!” *BOB* lives in their  Pink Poodle Palace in ATX with her wigs,  Husbear, Poodles Biscuit & Daphne and Kitty  Monkey. For more info visit  

www.theworldfamousbob.com

Wig credit: Perfidia 

Gown credit: David Quinn

Makeup (on all images): Nicolette Gold

Photos (all images) by: Chris Scalzi (copyright 2022)