show, girl @ La MaMa Squirts

show, girl is a multimedia theatrical work that merges drag, live performance, video projection, and film to interrogate the contemporary figure of the showgirl. Once a working-class theatrical laborer, the showgirl has increasingly been appropriated by elite and corporate cultures for her glamour, while the labor, precarity, and bodily cost of performance are rendered invisible. As an immigrant trans drag performer, I approach the showgirl not as fantasy but as work: a body that is watched, consumed, and celebrated onstage while remaining disposable off it. this is a developmental run showed at The Club @ La MaMa ETC in June 2026 as part of La MaMa's squirts curated by Paris Alexander. SHOW, GIRL - RUAFZA HOST - LAWHORE VAGISTAN AUDIENCE - MAK CHARADE , LAURA MARINA ULERIO, ISAIAH MIGUEL, KALANI PEREZ SOUNDSCAPE - JAAN-E-HASEENA COSTUME - NIKITA SHAH