B003 Behind the Queens - Putting on a Show

> "*We don't have the rights to that song anyway.*"
> ― Butylene O'Kipple
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**Behind the Queens - Putting on a Show** is the third bonus episode of Queens of Adventure. The focus of the episode is a discussion of how the drag queen cast put on actual drag shows in real life.

## Behind the Queens

### Around the Microphone:

* DM Matt
* Arson Nicki
* Fraya Love
* Butylene O'Kipple
* Harlotte O'Scara

In announcements, DM Matt referenced two shows coming up soon. These shows would be the next bonus episode, Double D20, and the lost show from PAX West 2018.

They began with discussing the queens' best drag performances.

* Butylene: Kat Robichaud's Misfit Cabaret, and her Shining number - where she was a gender queer Danny riding a tricycle, lip synching to "Waiting for Tonight"
* Fraya recently started singing live
* Arson discusses her monthly show Rapture. She saves her best, most experimental numbers for special shows.
* Harlotte loves doing Kylie Minogue's "Slow" as a sloth.

Matt asks how they come up with a number. "Sometimes it depends on the audience," Fraya says. Arson focuses on the effect she wants the audience to have, then builds around that. She thinks performers shouldn't focus on looking good (though that is nice) and not be afraid to get scratches to get people to respond. Matt recalls seeing Fraya using only an uplight and no dancing to get a mood across.

The conversation pivots to what is the most fun. "I think of it like casting a spell," Harlotte says. "The more I focus on the spell, the better my performance." For Fraya, it is putting in 130% of herself. Arson loves the problem solving. Butylene says it is always the performance itself that is the most fun. She gets nervous every single time, but she can harness and direct that energy in productive ways. "I like that feeling of being nervous because it means you're doing something new and scary," Fraya says.

The queens encourage embracing mistakes and states of discomfort so you can learn and grow, and it will attract other people like you who relate to your vulnerability. They discuss some of their biggest mistakes and worst decisions.

Transitioning to audiences, Harlotte and Butylene reminisce about drag shows on Bainbridge Island and more conservative groups. The queens praise the Queens of Adventure audiences, and the difference between performing for central Seattle and west Seattle.

The queens conclude with an overview of the shows they are currently apart of.

### References

* The Shining
* Waiting for Tonight - Jennifer Lopez
* "Not Getting Married Today"
* "She Used to Be Mine" - Sara Bareiles/Waitress
* "It's All Coming Back to Me"
* "Oh so Quiet" - Bjork
* "Slow" - Kylie Minogue
* "Hide and Seek" - Imogen Heap
* Joan Cusak
* "All-Star" - Smash Mouth
* "How to be a Heart Breaker"
* Cucci Bianca - Seattle Drag Queen
* Steel Drag-nolias - Peaches Christ and Heklina
* David Copperfield
* "Magic Man" - Heart
* Ivy Winters

**Greetings From Fire Island**: Ch1 - Ch2 - Ch3 - **The Show Must Go On**: Ch1 - Ch2 - Ch3 - Ch4
**Operation Watersport**: Ch1 - Ch2 - Ch3 - Ch4 - Ch5 - Ch6 - Ch7 - **Trials**: Ch1 - Ch2 - Ch3 - Ch4
**Ghosts of the Coast**: Ch1 - Ch2 - Ch3 - **The Devil's Due**: Ch1 - Ch2 - Ch3 - Ch4
**Special**: The Story So Far
**The Beautiful Place**: Ch1 - Ch2 - Ch3 - Ch4 - Ch5 - Ch6 - **A Dance in the Dark**: Ch1 - Ch2 - Ch3 - Ch4
**Drama in the Deep**: Ch1 - Ch2 - Ch3 - Ch4 - Ch5 - Ch6 - **Whispers From the Heart**: Ch1 - Ch2 - Ch3 - Ch4 - Ch5 - Ch6
**Danger Rangers!**: Ch1 - Ch2 - Ch3 - Ch4 - Ch5 - Ch6
**Mist Connections**: Ch1 - Ch2
**Unreleased**
Lost: Camp Crystal Light - Pax West 2018 --  vs the Lizard People
Live Shows: Seattle Style -- Minneapolis Style