Staten Island Drag Show & Panel

Everyone is invited to a celebration of local Staten Island drag artists at the College of Staten Island! Drag has a long history in the LGBTQ+ community and is rooted in the joy and ridiculousness of gender. Three drag queens Megami (Season 16 RuPaul’s Drag Race), Britney Virazzano, and Vanity Q (CSI Alum) will show off their amazing talent. The performances will be followed by a panel discussion with Prof. Siona Wilson and Q&A with the audience. Don’t miss out on this fun and thought-provoking event.

The show will take place in the Center for the Performing & Creative Arts (Building 1P) in the Williamson Theatre.

This event is free and open to the public. Free parking is available in parking lot 1—the College of Staten Island mass transit options: S93, S62, SIM33C.

Megami, also known as Megami D.Vil, an American drag queen and cosplayer best known for competing on season 16 of RuPaul's Drag Race. She was born and raised in Sunset Park, Brooklyn and Staten Island, and is currently based in Brooklyn.

Megami began performing in drag in 2016 when she won the cosplay lip-sync show GeekSync in New York. Her drag name is inspired both by the Japanese word for goddess and by the video game Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga.

Megami was cast on the sixteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race, having applied to compete on the show five times. Megami first appeared in the season's second episode which premiered on January 12, 2024. Her talent show performance in this episode, in which she held up a banner stating "Protect Queer Art", subsequently became a meme in the Drag Race community.

Out Magazine article: https://www.out.com/gay-tv-shows/drag-race-megami-exit-interview#rebelltitem1

Vanity Q is a NYC based drag performer who produces high quality performances for the LGBT community. Vanity Q is the director of Elektric Paradise - an LGBT collective of dancers, singers, drag queens, choreographers who all join in together to put on 2 hour productions around New York City. Vanity Q is passionate about giving opportunities to young artists to be able to create, perform, and execute. Vanity Q has headlined at major NYC venues such as Wesbter Hall, Stage 48, House of Yes, 3 Dollar Bill, Bowery Ball Room, Mercury Lounge + more.

Britney Virazzano
Staten Island local drag performer

Host, dancer, and makeup artist

13 years of experience performing and hosting in drag

Questions? Email Jeremiah.Jurkiewicz@csi.cuny.edu

This event is organized by the CSI LGBTQ Resource Center and the Department of Performing & Creative Arts.

Participation in this Pride event is made possible due to generous funding from the New York City Council Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual Caucus and the Office of the Mayor, and supported by The LaGuardia and Wagner Archives.