MADDY McCARTHY
PRODUCER, CHOREOGRAPHER, WRITER, BELLA
Maddy McCarthy (she/they) is a Chicago-based producer, choreographer, and dancer with a BFA in contemporary dance from Indiana University. In her career she's performed for postmodern dance legends Twyla Tharp and Bill T Jones as well as local Chicago companies and independent artists, including but not limited to LoudBodies Dance, Peckish Rhodes Performing Arts Society, Alix Schillaci, and Kaleigh Dent. She is currently honored to serve on the board of directors of LoudBodies Dance under artistic director Maria Blanco as well as dance for the Hail Marys under artistic director Rachael Leek. When not dancing, she can be found binging spooky tv shows like Twin Peaks and Buffy the Vampire Slayer and/or silly comedy movies like Hot Rod and Surf's Up, as well as drawing, writing poetry, getting impulse tattoos, getting brunch with the gals, wrastling with her dog, reading horny vampire books, and styling thrifted outfits.
JACQUE BREJAY
CHOREOGRAPHER, EDWARD
Jacque Brejay (he/him) is an artist, vocalist, conversationalist, and aspiring socialite. He is currently working as a professional dancer for shows and music videos, a dance instructor at Indiemedia Studios, and an arts consultant for City-Side Arts and Education while also studying digital marketing at Triton College. He has been dancing since he was 10 years old, beginning his training at City-Side Arts and Education before moving on to train with The Pack Drum-Line, BPD Dance-Force, and Xtreme Dance Force. Jacque has been a fan of Twilight since the age of 7 and is committed to giving the fans a unique Edward that they will remember for the rest of their lives.
RAY POST
COLLABORATOR, ACTING COACH, AUDIO RECORDING, WRITER, JASPER
Ray Post (they/them) is a dancer, musician, and theater maker from Northern California. They got their BA in Performance Studies from California State University Long Beach in 2020. After they moved to Chicago, they began working with Gender Fucked Productions with shows like Queer Dance Freakout and Trans Voices Cabaret. They have also dabbled in direction and music composition with Reign Drop’s original piece, I AM. They enjoy singing, making up silly dances, and generally clowning around. They are stoked to step back into the world of the Pacific Northwest with Twilight.
SARAH ELLEN MILLER
CHOREOGRAPHER, CARLISLE
Sarah Ellen Miller (she/they) is a choreographer, performer, writer, and bartender based in Chicago. Short list of performance credits with local choreographers include Erin Kilmurray, Joanna Furnans, Alix Schillaci, and Zac Whittenberg, but she's been honored to work with many others. Her career in Chicago can be highlighted by contributions to variety/bar shows such as Ordinary Peepholes and Grelley Duvall with Alex Grelle and community, participation in The Fly Honey Show, multiple personally produced dance films, and her directorial debut for Prop Thtr's Rhinoceros Theater Festival. In 2023, Sarah has performed in Floor Show directed by Jesse Morgan Young and Kilmurray's Nightshade, worked with Remy Bumppo as a movement designer, and produced/choreographed for the most recent LOUDBODIES Dance show LB X Endurance. Outside of her performance career, Sarah is the bar lead/trainer at Logan 11 Bar & Kitchen in Logan Square.
LAVENDER VYXN
CHOREOGRAPHER, JAMES
Lavender Vyxn (she/they) has been strutting around Chicago stages and sticky bar floors for over 10 years. Since graduating from Columbia College Chicago's dance program in 2014, they have performed on the stages of The Dancer Center of Columbia College, Link's Hall, and the Kennedy Center under the modality of modern dance. Slinking into their burlesque persona, Lavender Vyxn has performed at many venues across Chicago such as Beauty Bar, The Den Theater, Bordel, Untitled Supper Club, and The Newport Theater. They are thrilled to bring the art of pole dancing to Link's Hall and share the stage with dancers from the many eras of their performance career. What a beautiful example of what community can do.
Instagram: @lavendervyxn
ELLA BERRY
STAGE KITTEN, JACOB
Ella Berry (she/her) is dancer, youth development worker, and silly goose from Chicago, IL. Ella graduated from Indiana University in 2020 with a BFA in Contemporary Dance, a BA in International Studies, and a minor in Spanish. Through her work with immigrant and refugee youth, Ella runs two cultural dance troupes that perform around the city. In July, Ella was proud to dance in RAMBLE, a Led Zeppelin dance-theater production held at Links Hall. A lifelong Twilight fan who even had a vampire themed Bat Mitzvah, Ella is over the (new) moon to be a part of Twilight After Dark!
ISABELLE EVANS
STAGE KITTEN, JESSICA
Izzy Evans (she/her) graduated from Indiana University in 2021 with her Bachelors in International Relations. When she’s not busy slaving away in her corporate 9-5 prison or watching reality tv, she’s taking dance classes at various studios around the city such as Puzzle Box, Indie Media, and Dovetail Studios. Izzy began her dance journey just one year ago with her first class at Puzzle Box and Twilight: After Dark is her first show, so she might be a little shy on stage. But don’t let her timidness fool you, she can still bench a plate.
Instagram: @isabelleevans
REIGN DROP
STAGE MANAGER
Reign Drop (they) is a dancer/director/choreographer based in Chicago, Illinois. While completing their degree in Dance from Columbia College Chicago they were mentored in choreography and improvisation by Darrell Jones and Lisa Gonzales. In the community, they have led an Improvisers’ Dance Jam for Chicago Dancemakers Forum, performed for Erin Killmurray, created work for Synapse Arts and Danceworks Chicago, choreographed for the iconic Shea Coulee’s "Rewind" music video, and is the co-founder of We Are Collective. Throughout all of their artistic practices, they focus on researching contemporary movements that demonstrate autonomy, liberation, and connection. They also act as Dance Captain for Queer Dance Freakout, the largest trans dance organization in the Midwest, which aids them in their mission to be heard—to share their story—to honor the stories of all magical trans people.
SAMMY FLORES
PROP MASTER, GRAPHIC DESIGN, PHOTOGRAPHER
Sammy is a born and raised Chicago Artist. A bachelors in Theatre and Costume design and a Masters in Animation, they brought a lot of skills to help with the props/designs and art for Twilight: after dark. On the side they are a cosplayer and currently working on a graphic novel series set in our very own city of chicago. You can find their other forms of art you can follow on Instagram @spotsnink
VIRGINIA VANLIESHOUT
PRODUCER, CHOREOGRAPHER, WRITER, ALICE
Virginia VanLieshout (they/them) is a Chicago performer, choreographer, and producer. Currently they are a resident company member of the Hail Marys and Queer Dance Freakout, but can also be found freelancing with Robin Davis, Reign Drop, Dawn Heilung, and Mandy Milligan. Career highlights include working with the Jello Performance Series and Dawn Theatre Project as well as performing for Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble, Loud Bodies, and the Fly Honeys Show. In addition to their conservatory-style training, they are fluent in multiple ballroom and Latin dance styles and frequent Chicago clubs as a Gogo dancer. And if playing Alice wasn’t enough, they are a coproducer and choreographer of the show <33
ALIX SCHILLACI
CHOREOGRAPHER, CHARLIE, EMMETT
Alix Schillaci (she/they) is a choreographer, director, and producer loose in the city. Her recent work includes performances in Alex Grelle’s Lady Di and the burlesque parody Twilight: After Dark; production support for Erin Kilmurray’s Nightshade and The Function; the premiere of work-in-progress Trash Babylon at Epiphany Center for the Arts and a restaging of her evening length work Sunset’s That Way at Color Club, as well as regular performances in Ordinary Peepholes. Schillaci is currently a performer, producer, and resident choreographer with LOUD BODIES, having previously performed with Project Bound Dance and for dancemakers Darling Shear, Erin Kilmurray, Sarah Ellen Miller, and others; as well as an ensemble member for The Fly Honey Show. She was a 2024 New Dances Choreographer, where she premiered Cannonball at The Ruth Page Center for the Arts. As a dancemaker, Schillaci is known for presenting highly cinematic dance theater works that take place across surreal pop culture landscapes. Outside of dance, Schillaci does production design for theater, film, and commercials, and is the co-founder of shadow puppetry duo Bloofer Girl Puppets.
KALEIGH DENT
COLLABORATOR, ROSALIE
Kaleigh Dent is a first-year Master of Fine Arts candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2020, receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance. She has danced for companies such as Joel Hall Dancers, Still Inspired, and LOUD BODIES; and was a Company Member and Rehearsal Director for Identity Performing Arts. Her choreography has been in various Chicago-based dance shows through her company Rivet Dance Company (2020).
MALA MIA
CHOREOGRAPHER, LAURENT
Mala Mía (she/they) is a queer Puerto Rican pole dancer, teacher, performer and producer. She has studied different styles of dance throughout her whole life, but found pole dance in 2020 and it completely shifted the trajectory of her dance career. She is a pole dance instructor at Brass Ring and Pole Icons. She has performed in various venues in Chicago such as The Newport Theater, Dorothy Downstairs, Bordel, Simone’s Bar and Joe’s. She’s the producer of the monthly “Pole Night” show at Provocateur. You can find them on Instagram @malamia.pole for details about her regular pole classes, twerk workshops, performances, and more!
KAYA SKY
CHOREOGRAPHER, VICTORIA
Kaya Sky (she/her) also known as Pole Divinity! She is an award winning aerial artist and pole dancer. Kaya has been performing aerial for 6 years and pole for now 5 and is an instructor at Chicago Aerial Arts.
HANNAH "MAYHEM" HUANG
STAGE KITTEN, DEER, TYLER, CAST UNDERSTUDY
Hannah “Mayhem” Huang (they/she) grew up in Davis, CA before following their dance dreams to Salt Lake City, UT to earn a BFA in Ballet. There, Mayhem discovered pole dance and heels, quickly falling in love with the empowerment found in their sensual side. Now she lives here in Chicago and freelances as a contemporary dancer while teaching pole dance and performing around the city in the pole/burlesque variety scene. When Mayhem isn’t dancing or teaching, you can find them sewing their next costume or cooking some tasty food.
L'RAVEN
STAGE KITTEN
L'Raven (she/her) is a dancer, actor, and singer based in Chicago. L'Raven is a burlesque newcomer, making her debut in the 2023 Production of The Buttcracker. As an unironic lover of Twilight, she is thrilled to join this year's production of Twilight AfterDark. L'Raven's recent credits include Mimi in Rent and Panther Women: An Army for Liberation. L'Raven is also a member of Queer Dance Freakout, Hail Marys, and the Dellrium Dancers. Catch her and the rest of the delirium dancers on Halloween at Delirium: The Clairvoyant's Cabinet.Instagram: @layla_does_nails
SHARMONXO
STAGE KITTEN
American Burlesque Singer & Performing Artist SharmonXO (she/they) is an ensemble member of the Body Confidence for Queens Burlesque Troupe based in Chicago, IL. She recently made history in the South African Baby Grand Burlesque Festival as the FIRST International Act in the Debutante Ball and is the reigning Queen for Miss Marijuana 2024. She’s diverse in style, characters and brings grace to every stage.
INDIGO COAR
STAGE MANAGER
Indigo Coar (they/them) is a trans, Chicago based artist and stage manager. Indigo was introduced to the Twilight series by their grandma in fifth grade and has never looked back. In seventh grade, Breaking Dawn Part 2 came out, and Indigo skipped school to go to a local theater for a marathon of all of the films. It was a 12 hour affair. Currently, Indigo is touring the US with The Second City's, and they are thrilled they are in town and able to contribute to this absolute masterpiece #teamalice
LILLIE OSBORNE
MASH-UP SPECIALIST
Lillie Osborne (any pronouns), also known by stage name Lillie from Philly, is ironically a Chicago based comedic artist. They received their BA in Cinema and Television arts from Elon University then promptly moved to Chicago to pursue comedy theater. Their comedic mediums are sketch, stand up, and improv. You can see them preforming at various bars, clubs, and theaters around Chicago. They are in the Second City’s Conservatory program. If you catch the Second City Mainstage review, Don’t Quit Your Daydream, keep an eye out because they might just be the one taking your drink order. They worked on the sound design for Twilight After Dark and can’t wait for pussy to be popped to their musical creations ❤️
KEGAN A.O.
CINEMATOGRAPHER
Kegan A.O. is a writer/director/editor/actor based in Chicago. A Columbia College Chicago graduate with a bachelor in Filmmaking, and the creator of Dustie Films.