APT 3F celebrates “The Complete History of Drag in a Few Mo-mo,” a solo play: part anecdotal memory, part history lesson and part foundation for a better tomorrow.
When performer David LeBarron (First Elders, Achilles, Bossy Bottom) started writing a storytelling piece about doing drag in the 90s, he had no idea it would turn into a full-length solo show fabulously fusing his memories, politics of drag and penchant for history: The Complete History of Drag in a Few Mo-mo.
In the play, Auntie, a dying diva, sits backstage with a newbie-queen and bequeaths to her the legacy of a people. Auntie recounts her own ridiculousness coming of age in NYC in the 90’s, meeting Quentin Crisp, having her nails done, and getting bashed. As a dilettante historian, she reaches across continents and times to weave a broader tale that ties her own adventures into the tapestry of queer history; all in a “shitty little drag bar in North Hollywood.”
