THE RINSE OFF! (Episode 1) (2021)

​Flava Flav. Tila Tequila. Bret Michaels. Tiffany “New York” Pollard. And now...Sophie Dishwater.

​Put your claws up! After 20 years underground and four years adjusting to her human skin, sewer fairy-turned-socialite Sophie Dishwater is ready to find love on THE RINSE OFF!, her new virtual reality dating competition series.

Six sexy specimens have been selected to compete for the chance to start a life with Sophie. Armed with skills in drag, burlesque, comedy, and dance, each romantic suitor delivers their own unique performance to win Sophie’s heart. With the love and support of Sharon, THE RINSE OFF!’s disembodied narrator, and Dawn, her pet rat from the sewers, Sophie makes the impossible decision of choosing someone to send home. WHO WILL SOPHIE RINSE AWAY?!
PRODUCTION HISTORY
Providence Fringe Festival • July 2021 (premiere; online)

DIGITAL CABARETS (2020-present)
"Mother is the invention of necessity."
​—Sasha Velour
Born out of a desire to keep creating during the pandemic, Queer & Now has pivoted to producing digital cabarets, showcasing original recordings and live performances of drag, lip-sync, burlesque, comedy, dance, and cabaret.
PRODUCTION HISTORY
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SYNC OR SWIM (2018-20)

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Poster Design: Maddy Hoy

Our borders are shifting. Our bodies are transforming.

Set in a world where water is rapidly rising and borders are massively disintegrating, Queer & Now: Sync or Swim follows seven mythical deities overcoming struggles rooted in rampant sexism, corporate greed, and climate change. 

Told through a series of vignettes with drag, lip syncing, and dance, Queer & Now: Sync or Swim takes ancient world mythology and fuses it with contemporary pop music to embrace our impending future. 
PRODUCTION HISTORY
UMass Fine Arts Center • Amherst, MA • December 2018 (premiere)
NYPOP/West Chelsea Arts • New York, NY • April 2019
Hawks & Reed Performing Arts Center • Greenfield, MA • January 2020
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QUEER & NOW: A LIP SYNC SPECTACULAR (2017-18)

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Poster Design: Arielle Jessop

A life-changing transformation from the Christian Mother Mary into the Yoruba water deity Oxum. An entrance into the raunchy world of Marie Antoinette and her gender fluid lover Tomas du Pan. An alternate ending to the tragic life of Judy Garland. 

QUEER & NOW: A Lip Sync Spectacular features seven vignettes of drag, lip sync, and dance, each helmed by a member of the devising ensemble. Each scene offers one perspective of queerness, one possible transformation, one celebration, and one dissent. Together the vignettes become a tapestry of our lived experiences, our questions, our desires, and our possibilities.
PRODUCTION HISTORY
UMass French Hall • Amherst, MA • December 2017 (premiere)
UMass Fine Arts Center • Amherst, MA • March 2018

QUEER & NOW: A Lip Sync Spectacular from QUEER & NOW on Vimeo. Trailer by Alyssa Labrie.

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