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Kinsey Sicks Gallery

From the Kinsey Sicks' first photo shoot ever, in 1995. L-R: Pre-electrolysis Winnie (Irwin Keller), Trixie (Maurice Kelly), still-blonde Rachel (Ben Schatz) and still-blonde Vaselina (Jerry Friedman). Photo credit: Wendy Tiefenbacher.

An early publicity still of the Kinsey Sicks, featuring original Trixie (Maurice Kelly) and Vaselina (Jerry Friedman) in 1995. Rachel has here settled into her permanent hairdo, but still sans bow, and Winnie is still in her inexplicable clown phase. Photo credit: Francisco Montes.

A Kinsey photo shoot, in the zebra-print costumes developed for "Everything But the Kitsch 'n' Synch" at New Conservatory Theatre, 1997. Photo by Sven Wiederholt.

Rachel (Ben Schatz), Winnie (Irwin Keller), Trixie (Maurice Kelly) and Vaselina (Jerry Friedman) travel for the first time as the Kinsey Sicks to Lincoln, Nebraska. Here they pose at University of Nebraska, Jerry's alma mater.

    

Left, "Dragageddon" by Anthony Colt, 1997. Right, "Oh God!" by Anthony Colt, 1996. Used as the program cover for the Kinseys' 1996 show, "Sicks Appeal" at San Francisco's New Conservatory Theatre Center.

   

From the Archives: Left, The Kinsey Sicks featuring original Trixie, Maurice Kelly. Photo by Sven Wiederholt. Right, The Kinsey Sicks featuring original Trixie, Maurice Kelly. Photo by Sven Wiederholt.

   

The Kinsey Sicks featuring original Trixie, Maurice Kelly. Photo by Sven Wiederholt.

Winnie and Rachel sing their overly anxious version of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" in "Oy Vey in a Manger," here performed on the Aquafest Halloween Cruise 2005.

Nothing Like a Dame. The Kinsey Sicks embraced by the lovely Dame Edna Everage, backstage at the Loto-Quebec Gala, closing the 2005 Montreal Just for Laughs Comedy Festival. (The Kinseys performed at the Gala, which was emceed by Dame Edna.)

The Kinsey Boyz with the amazing singer/actor/puppeteer/Tony Nominee John Tartaglia (Avenue Q) on Rosie O'Donnell's R Family Vacations cruise, 2005.

Billboard for our upcoming show at the Las Vegas Hilton.

   

Left, Yo, merry men! In response to the summer heat, our hero, Robin Hood, has abandoned his usual Sherwood Forest togs and replaced them with a spraypaint treatment of same. Provincetown Carnival, August, 2005. Right, Trampolina at the Bat 'n' Rouge drag softball game at Columbus Pride. June 2004. Photo by Dan Richards.

The Three Trixies! The Ghost of Trixie Past (Maurice Kelly, left) and The Ghost of Trixie Present (Kevin Smith Kirkwood, right) flank the still unadorned Trixie Future (Jeff Manabat, center) at the Kinsey Sicks Tenth Anniversary Celebration, December 30, 2003.

Jeff (Trixie) with comic Mario Cantone on Rosie O'Donnell's R Family Vacations cruise, 2005.

Rachel demonstrates her flexibility as a performer at the Las Vegas Hilton, September 2005. Photo by Nathan Frye.

A quick pitstop for the girls before going on stage at University of Wisconsin/Green Bay. Photo by Danielle Behrle.