Isaiah Esquire
{{Short description|American entertainer}}
Isaiah Esquire is the stage name of Isaiah Tillman, a burlesque and drag performer.{{Cite web |title=Isaiah Tillman Will Take His Roses Now |url=https://www.pdxmonthly.com/news-and-city-life/2020/07/isaiah-tillman-will-take-his-roses-now |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=Portland Monthly |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Isaiah Tillman |url=https://www.glapn.org/672124IsaiahTillman.html |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=www.glapn.org |archive-date=2025-06-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250611191950/https://glapn.org/672124IsaiahTillman.html |url-status=live }}
Career
Isaiah Esquire appears in the film Burlesque: Heart of the Glitter Tribe.{{Cite web |title=A New Movie Brings Portland’s Star Burlesque Performers to the Big Screen |url=https://www.pdxmonthly.com/arts-and-culture/2017/03/a-new-movie-brings-portland-s-star-burlesque-performers-to-the-big-screen |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=Portland Monthly |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-05-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531222855/https://www.pdxmonthly.com/arts-and-culture/2017/03/a-new-movie-brings-portland-s-star-burlesque-performers-to-the-big-screen |url-status=live }}
In 2020, Isaiah Esquire ranked number 43 in a global top 50 list of burlesque performers. Isaiah Esquire was also included in the 2021 list.{{Cite web |date=2021-01-28 |title=2 Portland burlesque performers make global top 50 list |url=https://www.kgw.com/article/entertainment/2-portland-burlesque-performers-make-global-top-50-list/283-e2b66563-0b39-4c71-947f-a750ea6f55cf |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=kgw.com |language=en-US |archive-date=2021-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304095944/https://www.kgw.com/article/entertainment/2-portland-burlesque-performers-make-global-top-50-list/283-e2b66563-0b39-4c71-947f-a750ea6f55cf |url-status=live }} Isaiah Esquire performed in Drag-a-thon, a record-setting drag show at Darcelle XV Showplace in 2023.{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Destiny |date=2023-07-13 |title=I spent 16 hours at the world’s longest drag show; here’s what I learned |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/entertainment/2023/07/i-spent-16-hours-at-the-worlds-longest-drag-show-heres-what-i-learned.html |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=The Oregonian |language=en}} In 2025, Isaiah Esquire was one of two drag artists who performed at the Oregon House of Representatives.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2025-06-19 |title=Democratic Oregon House members celebrate Black drag performers, as nearly all Republicans boycott |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/06/democratic-oregon-house-members-celebrate-black-drag-performers-as-nearly-all-republicans-boycott.html |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=The Oregonian |language=en}}
Personal life
Tillman is based in Portland, Oregon and uses the pronouns they/them.{{Cite web |title=A day in the life of Portland's premiere drag clown Carla Rossi |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/galleries/EMFUBN4GGZF3FAU4XTSZKZM3HU/ |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=The Oregonian |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Kimber K. Shade and Isaiah Esquire Created Blackout as a Place to Be Queer and Unapologetically Black |url=https://www.portlandmercury.com/queer-guide-2022/2022/06/13/42988491/kimber-k-shade-and-isaiah-esquire-created-blackout-as-a-place-to-be-queer-and-unapologetically-black |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=Portland Mercury |language=en}} Tillman and their partner Johnny Nuriel perform in the burleque show BOYeurism, which the duo started in 2013. The couple perform as IZOHNNY.