MS. BLAKK FOR PRESIDENT 

Presented by Vineyard Theatre

Date & Time: Tuesday, 11/10/26 at 7:00 pm EST

Location: Vineyard Theatre, 108 E 15th St, New York, NY 10003

About the Event: Inspired by the true story. Introducing Joan Jett Blakk—the first (and only) Black Drag Queen Candidate for President of the United States of America. It’s the early 90s, the height of the AIDS epidemic, and Joan and the newly formed Queer Nation Chicago set off on an exhilarating and dangerous journey to drag queer politics out of the closet—and onto the floor of the DNC.  Inspired—but not bound—by the true story of drag performer and activist Terence Alan Smith, MS. BLAKK FOR PRESIDENT is a joyous stampede through urgent and unfinished business.

Part campaign rally, part nightclub performance, part confessional—and all party—this singular new work by Tarell Alvin McCraney and Tina Landau features Wayne Brady as the incomparable Joan/Terence. Show is followed by a post-show discussion which is also interpreted.

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