Opportunities to experience drag in Seattle are many. You can go out for drag bingo. Attend a drag story time. Meet up with friends for drag brunch. And you could have a really good night out at Dungeons & Drag Queens.
This feature is from an episode of “Meet Me Here,” KUOW’s arts and culture podcast. Listen to the full episode about Seattle’s modern drag queen scene below.
“It is a show that combines the worlds of D&D as well as drag queens and the nihilism and debauchery that comes with drag,” Kylie Mooncakes said as she prepared to take the stage at The Crocodile in Seattle.
Kylie is the main cast member with Seattle-based Dungeons & Drag Queens, a live touring show with a comedian dungeon master crafting a tale, and a cast of drag queens playing the game. The show is part improv, as dungeon master Paul Curry takes suggestions from the crowd, gathering ideas to incorporate into the story. He notes that while the show is a live game of Dungeons & Dragons, it mixes in elements people would expect from a drag show…