A Jury of Our Queers

Conceived & Directed by Dmitri Barcomi

Associate Director Avery Rose Pedell

Stage Manager Sage Spitz 

Created by Section175 Artist Collective 

Co-created by Dmitri Barcomi, AJ Dresdale, Jorge Felipe Guevara, DeVante Lewis, Seth Majnoon, Eri Nox, Nancy NoGood, and Avery Rose Pedell.

Starring

NANCY NOGOOD as MAE WEST 

REINA NOBUEBNA as HELEN MENKEN

DEVANTE LEWIS as DA MUVAH

AJ DRESDALE as THE MEN

Target Margin Theater, January 2023

LESBIAN LIP SYNCS ON BROADWAY! MAE WEST MEETS METATHEATRICAL DRAG SHOW, PUTS QUEER LEGACY ON TRIAL!

Bombshell broad Mae West and rising Broadway starlet Helen Menken are arrested in 1927 for artistic obscenity and summoned to a metatheatrical courtroom. Their charges: serving face, serving legacy, and serving queer community. An intoxicating mix of drag show, courtroom drama, and theater, A Jury of Our Queers playfully blends historic texts and original writing in an act of radical queer reenvisioning.

Photos by Lee Rayment.

Production History

Workshop presentation at Columbia University, April 2022.

Starring AJ Dresdale, DeVante Lewis, Nancy Nogood & Josiah Vasquez

April 2023 featuring material written by Blake Bonilla & Justin Halle | Dramaturgy: Dezi Tibbs | Assistant Director: Avery Rose Pedell | Stage Manager: Sage Spitz | Lighting Design: K8 August | Sound Design: Andrew Freeburg | Costume Design: Lindsey Eifert | ASM & Add’l Costume Construction: Amanda Ricard | Producer: Andrew Marderian | Poster design by Rafał Szumera

Developed under the mentorship of Rachel Chavkin.