Drag Showcase: Between and Beyond Gender
You are invited to the Spring 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 Queerly Femmetastic and Mocha Lite, who served as Guest Facilitators for the season. Join us in community as we celebrate queer joy and gender-expansive expression!
Date: 
Saturday, May 17, 2025
Time: 
8:00 PM (Eastern Standard Time)
Location: 
Brooklyn Arts Exchange (421 5th Avenue) and Livestreamed for Remote Access
This showcase will feature performances by ATTABOY!, DADDY GAYSTER, Father Fay, Hermoine Grinder, Luce Change, Patty Longlegs, PHUC BUI, Poppy J Snacks, Po$ster Chylde, Purrmiscuous, Titts Romney, Wolfgang Williams,  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.
Theydy Bedbug
 (they/them) is a drag creature, teacher, writer, and the dad joke of Brooklyn drag. They have been deemed “MAGA Right’s Worst Nightmare” by their mentor, trans icon, Kate Bornstein, for their work as a drag educator for all ages. A bug about town, they’ve been profiled by THEM, The NY Times, and (soon) Rolling Stone.They have performed and produced in venues such asThe Signature Theatre, Lehman College, SVA, Barnard College, Triskelion Arts, Gibney Dance, The Knockdown Center, The Stone Church, The Kraine Theater, House of Yes, BAX, The Stonewall Inn, The Brick, The Flea, The Tank, Pioneer Works, Google NY, FIT, VICE Headquarters, UCB, BAM Fisher, The Hangar Theater, Chelsea Music Hall, National Sawdust, Coney Island Sideshows by the Seashore, JACK among countless other venues in New York and beyond. Their performances combine campy drag, compelling characters, and narrative poetry to reclaim their body, queer audiences, and reckon with belonging. They believe that access to spaces of genderful play in performance and creation is a step toward collective liberation. Read about them in their NY Times feature or connect & collaborate: 
@theydy.bedbug
Accessibility
The Spring 2025 Drag Showcase at 8pm will be live streamed with automated captions. BAX also provides free access accessories to audiences such as fidget spinners and pop fidget toys, ear plugs, and more. Please note that the BAX Theater is located on the second and third floors of the building and currently, there is no elevator or ramp. While we are actively working on a permanent solution and are committed to providing a fully ADA compliant space, we are not quite there yet.
For more information on our Accessibility Initiatives visit our website.
Questions or access needs? Email: 
artistprograms@bax.org
.
About BAX
BAX | Brooklyn Arts Exchange, founded in 1991, is a multigenerational arts organization nurturing creative expression and artistic process through education, residencies, and performance at the intersection of arts and social justice.
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