Dolly Wiggler Performer List 2023
Meet the Host
Queen of CAOS, Xstine Cook
After training at the Dell’Arte Physical Theatre School in Humboldt County, and with various mask makers in Bali, Italy, France, and the West Coast of Canada, Xstine founded Green Fools Theatre, the Festival of Animated Objects, and CAOS, a multidisciplinary arts organization. She writes, directs and produces collaborative award-winning independent films including a short for Sesame Street.
Cook also cracks a mean bullwhip (literally), and was recently humbled to be awarded the Arts Award by the City of Calgary, and the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal.
Meet the Artists
Juanita Dawn
instagram: @longgrassstudio
Ivy Voltage
instagram: @ivyvoltage
Simmi
instagram: @wallacekasim
Jocelyn Mah & James Watson
instagram: @jocelyn_rocha and @jamefromkamloop
Kyle Hinton
instagram: kyle.hintron
Meghan Schech
instagram: @schechonatrek
Puppet Stuff Canada
instagram @puppetstuffcanada
Jen Bain
instagram: @onenjenbain
WP Puppet Theatre (Wendy Passmore- Godfrey)
instagram: @wppuppet
3 Peas (Jennifer LeBlanc, Adelyn Wilson, Lauren Johnsen)
Salt Cake Productions
instagram: @impure0purest
Kirk Miles
website: www.hamlettheclown.com/
Elaine Weryshko
instagram: @greenjeannie
Cash Finch
Mictlan Arts and Research
instagram: @mictlan_artists
Swill & Lavy
instagram: @mr.chris.gamble
Hebert Poll Gutierrez
instagram: @hebertpoll
Tia DeLauria
instagram: @tiadelauria
A quick trip to other years
Dolly Wiggler Cabaret 2021
Hosted LIVE by CAOS madwoman Xstine Cook and international super clown Mooky Cornish, the annual Dolly Wiggler Cabaret is an evening of unsettling weirdness, puppet nudity (sometimes), and ribald entertainment that will leave you uncomfortably aroused. Each puppet has given their consent and the safe word is “bratwurst.”
Dolly Wiggler 2024
The Dolly Wiggler Cabaret is the iconic, don’t miss event that will change how you see puppetry forever. Hosted by CAOS madwoman and FAO founder Xstine Cook, the Cabaret promises raucous short-form performances, featuring puppeteers, clowns, and mask performers. Catch the best of the fest with some truly brilliant and wacky dolly wigglers!
Dolly Wiggler Cabaret 2022
The Dolly Wiggler Cabaret returned! We made the beast with two backs – a hybrid night of live entertainment and Zoom zaniness.