Lions and Tigers and Drag Queens, Oh My!

My friend who works at Royce Hall asked me if I wanted two free tickets to a show called Taylor Mac’s Holiday Sauce. The name sounded like it was going to be fun, so I said “yes.” Having no idea what I said “yes” to, I headed straight to my friend Google. Taylor Mac’s personal pronoun choice is “judy.” (I can’t.) Judy is a drag queen, performance artist, judy also has written critically acclaimed Broadway shows. Judy is the real deal. (I really can’t do this.) If this should take off I would like my personal pronoun to be diva. I kept reading. “Mac is a MacArthur Fellow, a Pulitzer Prize Finalist for Drama and the recipient of multiple awards including the Kennedy Prize, a NY Drama Critics Circle Award, a Doris Duke Performing Artist Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship in Drama and Performance Art, the Herb Albert in Theater, the Peter Zeisler Memorial Award, the Helen Merril Playwriting Award, two Bessies, two Obies, and an Ethyl Eichelberger award.” A Pulitzer Finalist who prefers “judy” to “him” or “her.” I am beyond intrigued. The show was on the campus of UCLA in Royce Hall’s beautiful theatre. This was the theatre