The World
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Austin Bowles is a songwriter, vocalist, and performer whose work spans musical theatre, indie music, and contemporary composition. He has appeared in more than 35 stage productions, performing leading roles in repertoire ranging from early 20th-century operetta to the works of Stephen Sondheim. After studying music and singing with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Choir, he turned his focus to songwriting and live performance throughout the East Coast. Following his move to Eugene, Oregon, he became a founding member of the seven-piece band Concrete Loveseat, recording two full-length studio albums over the group’s decade-long run. More recently, he has performed with the Portland-based band Sea Caves across the Pacific Northwest. Alongside his live and session work, Bowles continues to write and is preparing to record a new project of original music in winter 2026.

BinKyee Bellflower is a prominent Malaysian-born Chinese drag performer based in Portland, celebrated for her unapologetically Asian identity and vibrant stage presence. Blending glamour and high-energy entertainment, BinKyee incorporates her heritage into every performance while serving unforgettable Asian opulence. As a resident performer at the legendary Darcelle XV Showplace, she captivates audiences with charisma, authenticity, and dazzling artistry that honor both tradition and self-expression.

Beyond the spotlight, BinKyee is a passionate community entertainer and frequent host for local events ranging from school summer camps to nonprofit fundraisers, creating welcoming spaces where creativity and inclusivity thrive. Inspired by fashion, nightlife, pop culture, and lived experience, BinKyee continues to push artistic boundaries while uplifting others through joy, representation, and fearless performance. Her work embodies the spirit of modern drag entertainment, one that is bold, empowering, and unforgettable.

Jack Dickastrap fits the archetype of the dapper gentleman, but with a bold, flamboyant twist. He takes up space like he was born to claim it — powerful, magnetic, impossible to ignore. And he does it while wearing dangling earrings, lace, long painted nails, and occasionally, a dress.
Jack is the embodiment of exploring my gender identity. He gives me permission to wear clothes I thought I wasn’t allowed to wear, to experiment with color combinations that are surely forbidden, and to reveal parts of myself I was taught to keep hidden.
Stepping out into the world as Jack means letting the world see me with a tiger striped mom belly, with acne prone skin, with a body that tells its own story. Through Jack I get to be a person who is learning, finally, to be seen and letting myself be seen fully, without apology.

Jaidin is an aerialist, acrobat, and physical theater performer born and raised in the Pacific Northwest. She is a fan of all things silly, strange, and whimsical. Since starting their performance journey at age 12, they have collaborated with several production companies across the Portland Metro Area. They specialize in aerial disciplines including hoop, trapeze, cube, and the delightfully unconventional aerial umbrella. Combining technical skill and strength with expressive storytelling, she turns any space into a captivating spectacle. As a naturally driven artist, Jaidin is rarely focused on one project: at any given moment, they are likely juggling multiple creative projects, rehearsals, and adventures. If you want to catch her in one place, you will have to be quick.

Joel Turner is a fresh Portland transport, after nearly a decade in Orlando, FL, where he performed at multiple theme parks and broke multiple hearts. Growing up in Oklahoma, Joel studied Musical Theatre at Oklahoma City University, but his thirst for all things camp was born long before that. A cabaret artist with a knack for a great medley, Joel has created numerous original characters (Frogpig, Saxon Black, Cosmo, Just Jewel) and Fringe shows ("FROGPIG" -Critics Choice Best Solo Show, "THE WHITE LOTUS: ORLANDO" – Watermark Award for Best Writer, "MEDDLIN'! THE DOOSICAL" – Watermark Award Best Director), and is thrilled and honored to be even a drop in this pool of queer joy he's found in PDX.

Lav is a multi-prop fire and flow artist based right here in Portland! She has spent the last four years exploring fire and flow arts as a means of expression: a language that changes and is changed by those who learn it. Incorporating elements of Wushu and contemporary dance into her movement, Lav has taught and performed along the West Coast, performing at the Oregon Renn Fayre, the San Francisco Flow Show, and competing in Fire Entertainer of the Year! She is also proud to have been on the BIPOC Scholarship organizing committee for Kindle Northwest, the PNW’s premier fire and flow festival, and is thrilled to be joining Stellan on stage with their partner dart act, “Take Me Home”!

Raised in Italy and now based in Portland, Luigi Boccia is a singer, storyteller, entrepreneur, and recovering opera tenor. After an international career that took him from Carnegie Hall to Ireland's Wexford Festival and earned praise from Opera News as "a communicator to be reckoned with," he stepped away from the stage for more than a decade to build a life—and a business—with his husband, co-leading Brooklyn Tweed, a beloved American fiber arts company.

In recent years, Luigi has returned to music with renewed purpose, creating intimate performances that blend song, personal narrative, humor, and reflection. His solo albums, Luigi sings Bittersweet and Luigi sings Change, explore themes of love, loss, change, resilience, and belonging through curated cover songs.

Whether singing Sondheim, Neapolitan classics, or contemporary folk, Luigi is drawn to stories of transformation, roots, chosen family, and the courage to become more fully oneself. His annual solo concert, Luigi sings Courage, will be presented at The Old Church in Portland on November 14, 2026.

Nico Ransdell is a circus performer, visual artist, and instructor. He first started planning his escape to the circus at age 7 and never looked back. Over the last 16 years, from his adolescence into adulthood, they've honed their craft as well as performed alongside local troupes. Nico had their stage debut in 2015 with Joy Now Arts, and has been hooked since. Since then he has appeared in many Echo Theater Company productions such as; “Peaceful Co. Motion” in 2017, “Traveler” in 2019, and most recently “Squeakin' By” in 2025 and 2026. He has performed on a variety of disciplines and apparatus from dance trapeze and tumbling, to wall walking and aerial umbrella. Nico's talents aren't limited to the performance aspect as they have also co-created, written, and made costumes and props for original shows.

Obscura Fox (The Unseelie Queer of Scare-Rousal), is a mesmerizing force, weaving together years of training and deep-rooted cultural rhythms. With over a decade of experience in American Fusion Bellydance, she brings a unique blend of movement to the stage, seamlessly weaving in the rich, soulful rhythms of their Caribbean heritage. Obscura's work is a spellbinding fusion of dark, mysterious, and sensual artistry. As a first-generation Bajan (bay-gin)-American, dark-skinned, fat, queer, femme, they embody powerful authenticity, and their performances captivate with an alluring mix of mystery and magic. Obscura has performed all across The States as well as internationally. Obscura is a producer, dance instructor, and Board member at The Burlesque Hall of Fame.

Mak Kastelic has made a home in the Portland theater scene primarily as a musical director, but also as a vocal coach, performer, and collaborator for over a decade. Mak is known throughout the Portland Metro Area for his extensive career in music direction and performance, particularly in musical theatre. They have served as the Musical Director, conductor, or performer for nearly every music theatre in the area, including Fuse Theater, Lakewood, Oregon Children’s Theater, Stumptown Stages, Bridgetown Conservatory, Broadway Rose, Staged!, the Funhouse Lounge, Triangle Productions, and Northwest Senior Theater as well as a number of local colleges, universities, and high schools. Mak also has experience singing, directing, and accompanying choral music across the Pacific Northwest. He has also plugged into the local pool of Portland music through psychedelic grunge to circus-jazz scenes, and is currently the founding music director for the queer-forward neo-soul collective, Kiki & The Cuties, led by Kimo Camat. Special thanks to Mary H, Blaise, Fuse Theater Ensemble for costumes, and Greg Parkinson for photos.

Originally from the Bay Area, Stellan discovered fire and flow arts after moving to Portland and immediately fell in love with the connection and dance between performer and prop. As his first and favorite prop, rope dart has occupied Stellan’s mind every day and influenced his movement in a myriad of ways since he began. It’s become his favorite form of emotional expression and artistic celebration of queer and trans joy. Stellan has found that while performing alone is incredible, being onstage with his found family adds another layer of magic to it that makes it all the more special, and he’s so excited to bring his partner act, “Take Me Home,” to the Portland Queer Arts Spectacular with Lav!

Steven, a Tap Dancer/Educator/Choreographer, is honored and thrilled to be a part of the Portland Queer Arts Spectacular! He was last seen, locally, in “Anything Goes” and he leads Tap Classes at BodyVox. Prior to celebrating nearly four years as a Portlandian, Chicago was home. There, he taught at several Rec. Studios and Colleges, and graced the stages of Drury Lane Oakbrook, The Paramount Theatre, The Marriott Theatre, and Theatre at The Center. He also was nominated by the Joseph Jefferson Committee as Best Choreographer. He has Adjudicated and taught Workshop Classes for several Competitive Dance Organizations. Steven feels he’s “finding his groove” in the budding Portland Tap Dance Scene and is happy to share soul AND sole!

La Toya Hampton is a queer Black and Indigenous Writer, Spoken Word Poet, Voice Liberation Strategist, and Intentional Experience Curator from Portland, Oregon. Performing since 2008 as The Poet Lady Rose, a tribute to her late father Roosevelt, she approaches poetry as a tool for awareness, connection, and understanding, weaving the personal and political into work that has been published, performed, and recognized across the country.

Her voice has carried from the Oregon State House floor to the stage alongside Resmaa Menakem, author of My Grandmother's Hands, where she served as both opening and closing poet for the Portland stop on his book tour. A published writer, educator, coach, poetry judge, and Oregon Chapter Leader of the Poetry Business Network, she created and directed Petals and Thorns: A Spoken Word Journey, commissioned by Portland Playhouse.

As the founder of Petals and Thorns Holistic Services (PATHS), which empowers individuals, organizations, and artists through creative practice, and curator of the newly launched Petals and Thorns: The Open Mic Experience, she builds spaces where community and creativity meet and every voice belongs.