Back & Gayer Than Ever Spring 2025 Drag Showcase: Between and Beyond Gender

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Drag Showcase: Between and Beyond Gender

You are invited to the rescheduled Spring 2025 Drag show, featuring participants from Theydy Bedbug’s class, “Drag Performance: Between and Beyond Gender.” This culminating showcase, originally scheduled for May 17th, will feature 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, gender-expansive expression, and resilience in the face of obstacles!

If you purchased a ticket for the original Dress Rehearsal OR Showcase, we would like to honor your ticket. Please use the code you were emailed to access Free RSVPs.

Date: Monday, June 2, 2025

Time: 7:00 PM (Eastern Standard Time)

Location: House of Yes (2 Wyckoff Avenue, Bushwick)

This showcase will feature performances by ATTABOY!, DADDY GAYSTER, Father Fay, Hermoine Grinder, Luce Change, PHUC BUI, Poppy J Snacks, Po$ter 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

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House of Yes Accessibility

All entrances and spaces within the venue are single-level and accessible to folks in wheelchairs. There are stairs leading to the upper portions of the stage, for those who wish to dance in the spotlight. Reserved seating can be arranged for those with physical disabilities. Strobe lights are frequently used at both shows and parties. The lighting at our parties is low and the sound system is powerful.

If you have a need not mentioned here and would like to know if we can accommodate it, please reach out to info@houseofyes.org.

Earplugs will also be available, provided by BAX.