Deborah Lohse

TruDee, my alter ego, is a manifestation of optimism, fearlessness, unconditional love and play. She was born in 2014 out of a dare to try on a hot pink onesie with a mullet wig in a San Diego thrift shop. She danced her way out of the dressing room, Long Island accent intact and hasn’t stopped since. Trudee, a straddler of genres, has performed in dance programs, circus cabaret evenings and house parties. Guided by love with transparency, enthusiasm and laughter, TruDee creates magic with audiences by connecting strangers to each other and to their own shine.

TruDee dressed in a peach pink sequined gown over a pink turtleneck sporting a mullet and big smile balances on one bedazzled heel in a Horton tilt on the small and glorious stage of Joe's Pub in New York City. Sept 2018 phot by Yi-Chun Wu

DEBORAH LOHSE (comedian, dancer and choreographer) Select performances include DANCENOW, American Dance Festival, Chicago Contemporary Circus Festival, United Solo Theater Festival and The Stonewall Inn. Select commissions include Women In Motion, Mantra Percussion and SUNY Purchase and residencies from The Yard, Marble House Project, Djerassi Resident Artist Program, Acadia Summer Arts Program and SILO. As a performer, Lohse has worked with theater director Anne Kauffman, visual artist Suzanne Bocanegra and choreographers Monica Bill Barnes, Cori Olinghouse, Doug Elkins and dance comedy crew LMnO3, Ballez, The Bang Group and currently performs with Bindlestiff Family Cirkus and as her alter ego indefatigable cabaret persona TruDee. TruDee began her dance training at the age of five in ballet, tap and aerobics under the tutelage of Miss Belinda. Her love of theater emerged later on through the coveted role of the Virgin Mary in the church nativity play. TruDee has performed at Joe’s Pub, American Dance Festival, Chicago Contemporary Circus Festival, and the beloved Stonewall Inn. SILO and Marble House Project and Djerassi Artist Residency have hosted her musings. TruDee would like you to also note that she is an award winning lip sync artist and ribboned competitive speed walking champion