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My Next 3 Zoom talks!

Disinfect your seats, Old School is in Session!

But first a reminder that this Thurs.  July 30 at 7:30pm (Eastern) we have Trav S.D.’s History of Drag in Vaudeville in Dixon Place‘s Hot! Festival. This talk and slideshow will naturally draw from the over 100 vaudeville drag artists we have profiled on Travalanche, will talk about their lives and their acts, and will be a guaranteed hoot. Half the proceeds will benefit Dixon Place, the rest will go to the Queer Writers of Color Relief Fund. All the details are here. If you’d like to make a reservation directly, that info is here.

Then in August, my own talks, which as always are free to my Patreon supporters and $5 per to the general public via paypal (travs1965@yahoo.com).  The topics will be:

August 1, 2pm (EST): The Clowns of Vaudeville 

August 15, 2pm (EST): The Women of Vaudeville

Here’s the Patreon campaign for the latter two talks. Hope to see you there! https://www.patreon.com/travsd

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Writer and performer Trav S.D. (www.travsd.com) is best known for his books "No Applause, Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous" (2005) and "Chain of Fools: Silent Comedy and Its Legacies from Nickelodeons to Youtube" (2013). He has written for the NY Times, the Village Voice, American Theatre, Time Out NY, Reason, the Villager and numerous other publications. Trav has been in the vanguard of New York’s vaudeville and burlesque scenes since 1995 when he launched his company Mountebanks, presenting hundreds of acts ranging from Todd Robbins to Dirty Martini to Tammy Faye Starlite to the Flying Karamazov Brothers. He has directed his own plays, revues and solo pieces at such venues as Joe’s Pub, La Mama, HERE, Dixon Place, Theater for the New City, the Ohio Theatre, the Brick, and 6 separate shows in the NY International Fringe Festival. In 2014 he produced and directed the smash-hit "I’ll Say She Is", the first ever revival of the Marx Brothers hit 1924 Broadway show in the NY International Fringe Festival.