In this interview Lexie Starre discusses how she started performing burlesque and became a member and then producer of the DC Gurly Show, a DC burlesque troupe. She talks about the troupe’s focus on queer performers and community building, as well as providing instruction for new performers.
In this interview Lexie Starre talks in-depth about the DC Gurly Show’s different productions, educational program, and its values of community and centering queerness. She also discusses realizing her queerness through the process of meeting her now-wife and then coming out. Finally, Starre describes various venues at which DC Gurly Show has held shows and a few of her own burlesque performances.