About KiKi Maroon

KiKi Maroon is a stand-up comic, special event producer, and international award-winning burlesque performer. Known as “The Standup Who Strips Down”,  her life on the road as a showgirl has given her a unique voice on stage. Combining stand-up comedy, storytelling, and cabaret, KiKi has been called “a modern day Lucille Ball” (though Lucille never pulled a clown nose out of her panties). KiKi has charmed audiences around the world, performing across the U.S, South America, Europe, Australia, and Asia.

Based out of Los Angeles, KiKi is originally from Texas where she was named one of "Houston’s Most Colorful Celebrities” by The Houston Chronicle and included in “The 100 Most Creative People” by The Houston Press for her work as a special events producer. In 2015, KiKi launched The BCBC Festival, a burlesque and circus festival featuring performers from around the world for a multi-day event in Houston. In 2019, she held a multi-city residency with Live Nation as the star of KiKi Maroon's Burly Q Lounge. The comedic burlesque show received rave reviews, regularly selling out the year long run.

After a public battle with addiction, KiKi launched a 15 episode podcast called Clown, Interrupted. An interview style show, the podcast focuses on artists in recovery and the life choices that led them to sobriety. The Houston Chronicle called Clown, Interrupted, “an hour’s worth of near-perfect rock ’n’ roll lifestyle conversation.” The show led to her TEDx talk, “The Beauty of Rock Bottom“, which chronicled her journey from alcoholic stripping clown to bump n’ grind burlesque super star.

She is currently on the board of directors for BurlyCares, a 501(c)(3) organization providing assistance to seniors aged to elderly burlesque, magic, and circus performers.