TMT Gala: Burlesque!
October 19, 2026
Honoring DOMINIQUE BRAVO
& JAMES TIGGER! FERGUSON
AT THE DOXSEE
6 pm VIP Reception
6:30 pm Doors Open
Who are the two weirdest, nakedest, most generously nutty of all the TMT Burlesk crazies?
It’s quite a competition.
This year our money is on two fabulous TMT leaders with gigantic naked hearts.
Food and drink! Performances!
Help us celebrate Dominique and Tigger! In a Burlesque Gala full of Nonsense
Tables (seats 8)
- $25,000 Sponsor Table – includes early reception and toast*
- $10, 000 VIP Table – includes early reception and toast
- $5,000 Table
Single Tickets
- $1,000 VIP Ticket – includes early reception and toast
- $500 Ticket
*Contact Adam Kassim (adam@targetmargin.org) directly for information about Sponsor Tables
This year we take it all off for the TMT Gala. Strip off your artistic habits, unwrap your cloak of shame, drop your prejudices around your ankles—and help us remake the TMT world of glorious creation. It’s dinner and some shows in the divine Doxsee Theater.
Feast on the fabulous kitchen of Gertrude’s, sample the wines of TMT’s secret sommelier, and while you are dining prepare to be astonished by Burlesque Performances from the demimondaine stars of This Is Real: Tansy (The Elizabeth Taylor of Burlesque), (the daddy who actually loves you) Daddy Ho, and (Miss Coney Island 2026) Queerly Femmetastic.
Interested in sponsoring a special Sponsor Table or have questions?
Contact us directly at adam@targetmargin.org or call 718-398-3095.
Can’t make the party on October 19th but want to support Target Margin?
ABOUT OUR HONOREES
Dominique Bravo is a lawyer, advocate, and producer with more than three decades of experience representing and advising individual artists and community and arts organizations. She has produced the feature film “Sparks,” and a number of documentaries, including “Steal This Story, Please!,”“Dory Previn: On My Way to Where,” “CRIMINAL: An Animated Musical Documentary,” and “Free for All.” Her theater credits include “There’s a Riot Going On” and “Eureka Day” in its New York premier at Soho Rep in 2019. (Sonia Friedman took Eureka Day to the Old Vic in London’s West End in 2022 and to Broadway at Manhattan Theatre Club in 2025, where it won the Tony Award for Best Revival.) Dominique is currently working at New York Legal Assistance Group with the Evelyn Frank Legal Resources Program, who help elderly clients and, in particular, Holocaust survivors. She is also the co-founder, and now serves as general counsel and president of, Cumbe: Center for African and Diaspora Dance, a Brooklyn-based dance studio. She also serves on the boards of St. Ann’s Warehouse theater, Democracy Now! productions, American Oversight, and the Living New Deal. Previously, Dominique was the general counsel of the American Federation of Radio and Television Artists (now SAG-AFTRA); general counsel of the Roosevelt Institute, and she was the co-executive director of the Center on Race, Law and Justice at Fordham Law School. She earned her J.D. from Northeastern School of Law and her B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley
James Tigger! Ferguson is an actor/burlesque artist known as “The Godfather of Neo-Boylesque.” He has performed in NYC since 1988 & around the world since 1993. The first Target Margin Theater production (Titus Andronicus in 1991) was his third of many plays with David Herskovits. He has also performed numerous original works with Taylor Mac, Julie Atlas Muz, Penny Arcade, The Talking Band, and other award-winning geniuses. A pioneer in the 1990s burlesque renaissance, Tigger! won the first “Mr. Exotic World/Best Boylesque” title at the Burlesque Hall of Fame in Las Vegas in 2006. He has headlined festivals around Europe, Australia, North America & South America. Called “a fantastically watchable naughty satyr” by The Scotsman. His act was banned in Rome. @tiggerlesque