PINK
Pancake
Why do I do drag?
My drag is a love letter to my younger self. Growing up in the uniformity of the Philly suburbs, I naturally felt like an outcast, and “fag” was a word I grew accustomed to. I loved Polly Pocket and didn’t feel like I had the right to be a “man.” All I wanted to do was paint my nails pink, be Eponine in Les Mis, and collect Beanie Babies. I remember telling my mom that if Tom Boys were a thing, then I was a “Sally Girl.”--What a precious babe. As I grew up, I still had the same confusion about my gender, and found that drag was a beautiful art form to explore it. In drag, I can do all the things I wanted to do as a little kid and teenager--all the things I was bullied for because they were "too girlie," and celebrate them!
about
Pink Pancake is an NYC-based bearded Drag Queen. Their drag is an explosion of gender, serving you conceptual, gender queer, club kid, clown! Pancake performs all over the city and has won numerous drag competitions. She was featured in Condé Nast Traveler's "What I Pack" Series, was interviewed by the Jewish Telegraph, and regularly performs with the legendary Susanne Bartsch. Her One Woman Show "Today You Are A Man!" premiered in January at The Tank. She was Glam Award nominated for her duo cabaret, "2 In The Pink," with RuPaul's Drag Race Season 16 Star Plasma. You can catch her recurring cabaret upstairs at The Duplex and her Queer Variety Show "Pankakke" at Red Eye every other month!
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Photo by Anthony Cunanan
Outfit by Gurf
Crown by Pink Pancake
Photo by Photojuice
Outfit by Tenyards
Wig by Drag Labs
Photo by Photojuice
Outfit & Headpiece
by Pink Pancake
Photo by Curtis Brown Photography
Outfit by Beck Jones
Headpiece Decoration by Pink Pancake
Photo by Photojuice
Outfit & Brain by Beck Jones
Hat by Jules Deschryver
Photo by Craig MacLeod
Hat by Pink Pancake
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Photo by Curtis Brown Photography
Outfit by Beck Jones
Hat by Jules Deschryver
Photo by Ryan Kell
Hair by WigsX
Photo by John Lagucki
Outfit and Headpiece by
Pink Pancake
about the show
Michael, a bullied femme boy in the Philly suburbs, is determined to end the middle school torture with the best Bar Mitzvah ever! But all is tarnished when the DJ plays Diana Ross’s iconic gay anthem “I’m Coming Out" for his Bar Mitzvah party entrance. What should have been a day of celebration is clouded by rumors that Michael came out at his Bar Mitzvah—and his adolescence is stained forever.
Now, Pink Pancake, Michael’s drag persona, is diving into the memory to offer some repair. Join Michael and Pancake as they embark on a hilarious and earnest journey to discover and accept who they are… in the most FABULOUS outfits hunny!
Originally produced by the Haus of Pancake & Mara Jill Herman in 2024 at The Tank in NYC. Written & Performed by Pink Pancake. Directed by Stuart B Meyers. Choreographed by Conor M Donnelly.
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