Alumni

Drag Performance: Between & Beyond Gender focuses on developing drag characters that expand what it means to be a drag queen, king, thing, in between or beyond what we’ve seen. Through group games, writing prompts and discussion, solo and collaborative movement exercises, we give ourselves permission to express the full range of who we are and can be while releasing narratives about how we “should” move, express, or dress based on gender norms we’ve inherited. We 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, we touch upon what goes into making a drag act including: makeup, costumes, creating a musical track, movement choreography and technical production choices. Check out alumni testimonials here!

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Spring 2026 MC Cohort

Axe of Service, Spring 2026 MC

Ax of Service

Ax of Service (he/him) is everyone’s new favorite love language. Here to prove it to you any chance he gets by …

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Chad Rangoon, Fall 2025 Drag Performance Alum

Chad Rangoon

Chad Rangoon 炸蟹角 (he/him) is a crabby, cream-filled Teen boi from the year 2004. Chad has never been …

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CryBaby, Spring 2026 Drag MC

CryBaby

CryBaby (she/they/it) is a Brooklyn based drag artist, podcast host, and SFX makeup artist. A horror-obsessed …

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Dill Dough King, Fall 2025 Drag Performance Alum

Dill Dough King

It’s the King of Dill Doughs and most likely to be your favorite, Dill Dough King (he/him)! Freshly making waves in the …

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Hissy Fit, Fall 2024 Drag Alumni

Hissy Fit

I’m Hissy Fit (they/she/he), a draglesque performer bringing bratty, righteous, and sometimes campy rage to the…

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Luckiii, Spring 2026 Drag MC & Fall 2023 Drag Performance

Luckiii

Luckiii (they/them) is an emotional clown, a walking work of art, and your drag imaginary friend! The physical …

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miss honey, Fall 2024 Drag Alumni

miss honey

miss honey (she/her) is probably running late and looking sickening. she’s not sweating, she’s glistening…

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Ms. Henri, Spring 2026 Drag MC

Ms. Henri

Yalll, take a look underneath your sacral chakra for: Ms. Henri (they/them)! Ms. Henri is lovinggg to be exploring …

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Peach Bellini, Spring 2026 Drag MC, Fall 2021 Virtual

Peach Bellini

Peach Bellini (they/he/she) is a TRANSdisciplinary producer, drag king, and poet. He is a cohost of Astoria’s…

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Thee Katastrophy, Fall 2024 Drag Alumni

Thee Katastrophy

Thee Katastrophy (they/he) is an Afro-Latinx Drag King from Brooklyn. He is the first and only stepping drag king…

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Fall 2025 Cohort

Chad Rangoon, Fall 2025 Drag Performance Alum

Chad Rangoon

Chad Rangoon 炸蟹角 (he/him) is a crabby, cream-filled Teen boi from the year 2004. Chad has never been …

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Dill Dough King, Fall 2025 Drag Performance Alum

Dill Dough King

It’s the King of Dill Doughs and most likely to be your favorite, Dill Dough King (he/him)! Freshly making waves in the …

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Emma Biche, Fall 2025 Drag Performance Alum

Emma Biche

Emma Biche (she/they) is more than just a pretty face! She also has… a torn ACL? The rumors of a recent injury are …

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Kelli 4nication, Fall 2025 Drag Performance Alum

Kelli 4nication

Kelli 4nication (it/she) is the hottest nextgen bimbot – now with Sport mode! Her insatiable AI satisfies your 4nication

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KUNTRO DICKTION, Fall 2025 Drag Performance Alum

KUNTRO DICKTION

KUNTRO DICKTION (whichever pronouns you think are wrong 😉 ) gyrates and generates, turning ORs …

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LaCrazyKim, Fall 2025 Drag Performance Alum

LaCrazyKim

LaCrazyKim (she/ella) is a Chilean dancer, performer, and researcher based in Harlem. An Andean-Latina …

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Mona Schewitz, Fall 2025 Drag Performance Alum

Mona Schewitz

Schlepping here from a socialist shtetl somewhere between Berdichev and Borough Park, Mona Schewitz (she/her)

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Mx. Mommy Issues, Fall 2025 Drag Performance Alum

Mx. Mommy Issues

Mx. Mommy Issues (they/them) is a drag artist, born from a dysfunctional family and raised in denial. This southern slut …

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Paradox, Fall 2025 Drag Performance Alum

Paradox

Paradox (all pronouns) is the unhappy happy ending you never knew you needed. They live in the in between…

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Prince Adoring, Fall 2025 Drag Performance Alum

Prince Adoring

A prince who always falls first, Prince Adoring is a hopeless lover boy swooning over everyone he meets…

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Saturdae Sundae, Fall 2025 Drag Performance Alum

Saturdae Sundae

Saturdae Sundae (she/they) is a lab rat who has been working in the makeup department but is looking to make …

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Scarlett Menass, Fall 2025 Drag Performance Alum

Scarlett Menass

Scarlett Menass (she/her) has graduated from Terrorist Conversion Camp reformed. Gone are her days of …

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Spring 2025 Cohort

ATTABOY!, Spring 2025 Drag Alumni

ATTABOY!

ATTABOY! (he/they) is an exclamation of queer masculinity. He uses his dazzling charm and glittering mustache to…

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DADDY GAYSTER, Spring 2025 Drag Alumni

DADDY GAYSTER

DADDY GAYSTER (they/them) fights like a whip. They move as strong and fluid as Liquid Metal. They dare you to look…

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Father Fay, Spring 2025 Drag Alumni

Father Fay

Father Fay (he/him) FORGIVE ME FATHER, FOR I HAVE SINNED. Father Fay has a secret. He runs the church…

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Hermoine Grinder, Spring 2025 Drag Alumni

Hermoine Grinder

Hermoine Grinder (all pronouns) From the depths of Birmingham, England Hermoine Grinder combines the magic…

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Luce Change, Spring 2025 Drag Alumni

Luce Change

Luce Change (they/it) is a lover and a dreamer, with a flair for the dramatic. They are excited to step out from the…

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PHUC BUI, Spring 2025 Drag Alumni

PHUC BUI

PHUC BUI (anh | chanh) MAKE U BANH MI, feat. special guest Uncle Ho. Sit down, fuck boys. Uncle Ho’s got this…

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Po$ter Chylde, Spring 2025 Drag Alumni

Po$ter Chylde

Po$ter Chylde (we/our/love) messes with magick and love to glorify the ignored and spurned raunch and kinks of our…

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Poppy J Snacks, Spring 2025 Drag Alumni

Poppy J Snacks

Poppy J Snacks (he/they) Known as “The Puerto Rican/Dominican Jack Black of Burlesque”, Poppy J Snacks is a…

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Purrmiscuous, Spring 2025 Drag Alumni

Purrmiscuous

Purrmiscuous (she/he/they) This p*ssy is on fire! Purrmiscuous is here to f*ck with tradition, challenge gender norms and…

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Titts Romney, Spring 2025 Drag Alumni

Titts Romney

Titts Romney (she/her) In New York two hundred years ago, Joseph Smith beheld Starman waiting in the sky. But…

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Wolfgang Williams, Spring 2025 Drag Alumni

Wolfgang Williams

Wolfgang Williams (he/him) is a fly Brooklyn native who makes art about desire, emotional unavailability, politics…

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Fall 2024 Cohort

AMORPH3US, Fall 2024 Drag Alumni

AMORPH3US

AMORPH3US Drag Performance (Fall 2024)Get ready for your reality to shift – He’s...

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Hissy Fit, Fall 2024 Drag Alumni

Hissy Fit

I’m Hissy Fit (they/she/he), a draglesque performer bringing bratty, righteous, and sometimes campy rage to the…

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miss honey, Fall 2024 Drag Alumni

miss honey

miss honey (she/her) is probably running late and looking sickening. she’s not sweating, she’s glistening…

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Outta Syte, Fall 2024 Drag Alumni

Outta Syte

Outta Syte Drag Performance (Fall 2024)Outta Syte (she/her) wakes up each day choosing joy in...

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Pearly, Fall 2024 Drag Alumni

Pearly

Pearly Drag Performance (Fall 2024)Pearly (they/he) subverts our understanding of a rockstar by...

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Ray De Ohh, Fall 2024 Drag Alumni

Ray De Ohh

Ray De Ohh Drag Performance (Fall 2024)Ray De Ohh (they/he) likes to tune in… to YOU....

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Thee Katastrophy, Fall 2024 Drag Alumni

Thee Katastrophy

Thee Katastrophy (they/he) is an Afro-Latinx Drag King from Brooklyn. He is the first and only stepping drag king…

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Spring 2024 Cohort

Billy Bon Bonson, Spring '24 Drag cohort

BillyBonBonson

Created on the popular children’s online game Roblox, Billy Bon Bonson (any pronouns) has transformed into a powerful…

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Cherri Cobra, Spring '24 Drag cohort

Cherri Cobra

Cherri Cobra Drag Performance (Spring 2024) i crawl out of the hole left by the doctor...

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Crux, Spring '24 Drag cohort

Crux

Crux Drag Performance (Spring 2024)Crux (they/them) has been in development for the past five...

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Dairy King, Spring '24 Drag cohort

Dairy King

Dairy King Drag Performance (Spring 2024)Dairy King (they/them) lives to serve. IG:...

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Deuce S Wilde, Drag Alumni - Spring 2024

Deuce S Wilde

Deuce S Wilde Drag Performance (Spring 2024) Deuce S Wilde is a silly goose with a lot of...

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Feral Thing, Spring '24 Drag cohort

Feral Thing

Feral Thing Drag Performance (Spring 2024)Feral Thing (any pronouns) is a New York based actor,...

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Gene Naté, Spring '24 Drag cohort

Gene Naté

Gene Naté Drag Performance (Spring 2024)Gene Naté (he/him/Mary) is a macaroni with class...

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Mr. Slut, Spring '24 Drag cohort

Mr. Sl*t

Mr. Slut Drag Performance (Spring 2024)The strong and incredibly sexy Mr. Slut (he/him) is so...

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NOVA, Spring '24 Drag cohort

NOVA

NOVA Drag Performance (Spring 2024)NOVA (she/her) is a Goddess Queen investigating and...

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Parcell, Spring '24 Drag cohort

Parcell

Parcell Drag Performance (Spring 2024)Parcell (he/him) is a scoundrel gracing the drag stages...

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Ryder Steel, Spring '24 Drag cohort

Ryder Steel

Ryder Steel Drag Performance (Spring 2024)Ryder Steel (He/Him), the Hardware Heartthrob, is...

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Trojan Whore, Spring '24 Drag cohort

Trojan Wh*re

Trojan Whore Drag Performance (Spring 2024) Ever wonder how many strong Greek men can fit in a...

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Fall 2023 Cohort

Fall 2023 Drag Alumni, Bodhmaya

Bodhmaya

Bodhmaya (they/them), a Nepali-American multimedia artist, explores the dynamic nature of identity…

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Fall 2023 Drag Alumni, Bro. D Stigmatize

Bro. D Stigmatize

Bro. D Stigmatize (he/him) is a force of inspiration for Ana Evans (she/her), a Brooklyn based theatre maker…

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Fall 2023 Drag Alumni, DOUBLE

DOUBLE

DOUBLE (any pronouns) is the fairy-clown drag muppet here to play with (and eat) gender like its play-doh…

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Fall 2023 Drag Alumni, jene

jene

jene (they/them) is a gender interloper traversing the mortal realm…

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JOLT, Drag Alumni - Fall 2023

JOLT

JOLT (she/they) is a delicious drag thing who uses seduction and rhythm…

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Knitty Gritty

Knitty Gritty (she/her), “the ballsy broad of Brooklyn”, lives in a yarn pile on Lenapehoking land…

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Luckiii, Spring 2026 Drag MC & Fall 2023 Drag Performance

Luckiii

Luckiii (they/them) is an emotional clown, a walking work of art, and your drag imaginary friend! The physical …

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METAL, Drag Alumni - Fall 2023

METAL

METAL (they/them) is a drag artist based in Brooklyn, NY. Through their multi-media work, they…

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Fall 2023 Drag Alumni, Perilla

Perilla

Hailing from the colorful city of Seoul, Perilla (she/her) is HUNGRY to take the stage and own this moment…

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Fall 2023 Drag Alumni, Raja Rangila

Raja Rangila

Raja Rangila (he/him) means the Colourful King, and I mean that in more ways than one…

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Fall 2023 Drag Alumni, Sir Smut

Sir Sm*t

Sir Smut (he/him) is a brand new King, a baby in a beard, who has dwelled in the realm of dreams and queer aspirations for years…

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Fall 2023 Drag Alumni, YoY -o曱甴o-

YoY -o曱甴o-

YoY -o曱甴o- (she/her/any pronouns) is a Taoist cockroach aspiring to be a nun, she plays all kinds of balls and lives forever in the winter…

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Spring 2023 Cohort

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Amara LaMORE

Amara LaMORE Drag Performance (Spring 2023) Amara LaMORE (she/her) is the newest bad bitch of...

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Greta Room

Greta Room Drag Performance (Spring 2023) Greta Room (they/them) is a Brazilian Latinx drag...

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Hungry Jack

Hungry Jack Drag Performance (Spring 2023)Hungry Jack (she/her) is a dirty goblin from another...

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KY WHY

Ky Why Drag Performance (Spring 2023)Ky Why (he/they) is a real boy carved from a magical tree...

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Macy Bottom

Macy Bottom Drag Performance (Spring 2023)Who’s THAT? And what’s that SMELL? Finally a queen...

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Problem Child

Problem Child Drag Performance (Spring 2023)This performer (she/they/its) needs no batteries...

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S*men Tov

Semen Tov Drag Performance (Spring 2023)Well he’s done it! Semen Tov Ben Mazl Tov (he/him) is...

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Stella Artpop

Stella Artpop Drag Performance (Spring 2023)STELLLLAAAAAAAA. (she/he/they) Brewed in Belgium...

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Throb Fosse, Drag Alumni - Spring 2023

Throb Fosse

Throb Fosse Drag Performance (Spring 2023) Throb Fosse (he/they/she) is a Brooklyn-based drag...

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Fall 2022 Cohort

Fall 2022 Drag Alumni, Cellophane

Cellophane

Cellophane Drag Performance (Fall 2022) Cellophane (she/they) is a gender-glitched sexbot...

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Fatty Gemini, Drag Alumni - Fall 2022

Fatty Gemini

Fatty Gemini Drag Performance (Fall 2022)Fatty Gemini the Latino Big Belly Bear that makes you...

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Fall 2022 Drag Alumni, Faux Mo

Faux Mo

Faux Mo (he/him) is a Brooklyn drag king who blurs the lines between old school and new school….

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Fall 2022 Drag Alumni, Lauren Order

Lauren Order

Lauren Order Drag Performance (Fall 2022)Lauren Order (she/her) is a naughty non-profit...

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Fall 2022 Drag Alumni, Leo Moon

Leo Moon

Leo Moon Drag Performance (Fall 2022)Meet Leo Moon (they/them), the Kaleidoscope Clown Fueled...

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Luxury Bones

Luxury Bones Drag Performance (Fall 2022) Luxury Bones (they/he) is a Brooklyn-based king/thing...

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MAGNIFA, Drag Alumni - Fall 2022

Magnifa

MAGNIFA Drag Performance (Fall 2022) Brooklyn-based Drag Queen and intergalactic time-traveler,...

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Fall 2022 Drag Alumni, Masc.Ari

Masc.Ari

Masc.Ari Drag Performance (Fall 2022)Masc.Ari (they/he), the serenading elevated emo boy of...

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Fall 2022 Drag Alumni, Peter P@nic

Petyr P@nic

Petyr P@nic Drag Performance (Fall 2022)Faith, thrust, and a little bit of pixie dust ✨ You can...

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Fall 2022 Drag Alumni, Radical Ube

Radical Ube

Radical Ube Drag Performance (Fall 2022)The bittersweet babe from Brooklyn, Radical Ube...

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Fall 2022 Drag Alumni, Soda Pressed

Soda Pressed

Soda Pressed Drag Performance (Fall 2022)Adin Lenahan aka Soda Pressed (they/them) is a stupid...

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Spring 2022 Virtual Cohort

Fall 2022 Drag Alumni, Leo Moon

Leo Moon

Leo Moon Drag Performance (Fall 2022)Meet Leo Moon (they/them), the Kaleidoscope Clown Fueled...

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Myxie Dream, Drag Alumni - Spring 2022 Virtual

Myxie Dream

Myxie Dream Drag Performance (Spring 2022 Virtual) Myxie Dream is a drag hobbyist who revels in...

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Skins, Drag Performance Alumni - Fall 2021 Virtual

Skins

Skins Drag Performance (Spring 2022 Virtual) Drag Performance (Fall 2021 Virtual) IG:...

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Fall 2021 Virtual Cohort

Peach Bellini, Spring 2026 Drag MC, Fall 2021 Virtual

Peach Bellini

Peach Bellini (they/he/she) is a TRANSdisciplinary producer, drag king, and poet. He is a cohost of Astoria’s…

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Skins, Drag Performance Alumni - Fall 2021 Virtual

Skins

Skins Drag Performance (Spring 2022 Virtual) Drag Performance (Fall 2021 Virtual) IG:...

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