Tip kitten. Bucket boy. Puppy. The job of collecting tips and clothing items between numbers at a drag or burlesque show goes by many names. Some shows won’t have them; others hire people or rely on volunteers or friends in the audience to get the job done. Regardless of who does it, I truly believe it’s one of the hardest jobs in the scene.

In my opinion, every show needs a collection person. Without one, performers miss out on tips or don’t get all their clothing and props back after their numbers. The last thing you want to do when you’re breathless after a performance is to crawl around on the floor picking things up.

“Once a performer goes on and takes off their clothes, you don’t want them to go back out there and pick up their clothes themselves. It ruins the fantasy of it all,” s

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