The Diva Saga

A series of campy confrontations between a live Veronica and the avatars of drag—digital identities projected on stage (also played by Veronica)—the live and digital Veronicas clash in their respective interpretations, battling each other in a fantastic, campy visual and sonic narrative. A Drag Saga uses live and digital performance to gesture to and capture the importance of camp and divas in queer processes of self-making and alternative identity construction.

This work integrates videos and performances based on Stevie Nicks, Whitney Houston, Nomi Ruiz, Kylie Minogue, Róisín Murphy, Grace Jones, Kate Bush, with original music content by Scott Andrew and John Musser.

The Diva Saga was previewed at Fail-Safe, a variety format performance series for work-in-progress, and was debuted in full at the Tawes Theater in the Gibson Center for the Arts, as part of the CMS speaker series and artist residency at Washington College in Chestertown, MD. The Diva Saga was also featured online via the Kelly Staryhorn Theater's streaming platform under the direction of Ben Pryor.

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