Becoming Austin Nation

Solo Show · wayward artist/wayward voices · Ages 15+ · United States of America

one person show world premiere

BECOMING AUSTIN NATION- From Crack to PhD: A Drag Queen’s Story

April 29, 2022

PRESS RELEASE
*Media passes, videos, and interviews available upon request

Wayward Artists
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AUSTIN NATION
Producer/Actor
714-401-6913
[email protected]

For immediate release:

Performances will be held at the Renberg Theatre at the Los Angles LGBT Center as part of the 2022 Hollywood Fringe Festival, June 5th – 24th.

BECOMING AUSTIN NATION- From Crack to PhD: A Drag Queen’s Story

Austin Nation shares his entertaining and humorous autobiography of his own life story, “From Crack to PhD: A Drag Queen’s Story.” A life that changed dramatically once he was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in 1986. At the mere age of 26, it was the beginning of the end. In 1987, a medication called AZT came out and he had to take it every 4 hours around the clock. It was toxic!

In 1994, within a 6-month period, Austin lost all of my closest friends. He thought, if he was going to die, then he was going party his way out! Drugs and a

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