Fall 2025 Drag Showcase: Between and Beyond Gender

Drag Showcase: Between and Beyond Gender

You are invited to the Fall 2025 Drag show, featuring participants from Theydy Bedbug’s class, “Drag Performance: Between and Beyond Gender.” This culminating showcase will feature original performance pieces by emerging experimental drag artists who subvert both gender and genre. This year’s cohort was curated and led by Theydy Bedbug with Drag Performers Mocha and Nyx Nocturne, who served as Guest Facilitators for the season. Join us in community as we celebrate queer joy and gender-expansive expression!

This showcase will feature performances by Chad Rangoon, Cunt of Monte Cristo, Dill Dough King, Emma Biche, Kelli 4nication, KUNTRO DICKTION, LaCrazyKim, Midnight Angel, Daddy, Mona Schewitz, Mx. Mommy Issues, Paradox, Prince Adoring, Saturdae Sundae, Scarlett Menass, and Theydy Bedbug.

Please bring cash to tip the performers!

The Drag Performance Class, which was first launched in early 2021 and is part of BAX’s Practice Lab, focuses on developing drag characters that expand what it means to be a drag queen, king, thing, in between or beyond what has been seen. Through group games, writing prompts, discussion, and solo and collaborative movement exercises, participants give themselves permission to express the full range of who they are—and can be—while releasing narratives about how they “should” move, express, or dress based on inherited gender norms. They experiment with the tools of pantomime, clowning, lip sync, caricature, structured improv and intuitive movement to build towards in-process drag performance acts. While this class is focused primarily on performance skills, they touch upon what goes into making a drag act including: makeup, costumes, creating a musical track, movement choreography and technical production choices.