A Message From Cherdonna: “New Show , Kissing Like Babies Opens Thursday!!!!”

October 10, 2017• byMichael Strangeways

Cherdonna is back with an all new show at On The Boards in Seattle, Oct 12-15 with KISSING LIKE BABIES. Photo: Ji Ji Lee

Our Queen and Savior, “Her Empress Divaship, Our Lady of the Holy Cherdonna” (or, just “Cherdonna Shinatra” to her legions of fans) is back with a brand spanking new show which opens this week at On The Boards. KISSING LIKE BABIES is the latest installment in a series of dance/theater/art performance pieces Cherdonna, aka Jody Kuehner, has been working on for the last three years. It opens this Thursday, October 12th for ONE weekend only so it behooves you to snatch up tickets before they’re all gone. Seattle’s premiere bio drag queen has more fans than a Vornado showroom in August!

Pucker up, Seattle…Cherdonna is blowing us a kiss for October!

From her press release:

OPENING WEEK!
KISSING LIKE BABIES

I AM SO EXCITED TO SHARE THIS WORK WITH YOU. KLB IS THE CULMINATING WORK IN A THREE YEAR PROJECT CALLED ONE GREAT, BRIGHT, BRITTLE ALLTOGETHERNESS.

The first time Cherdonna shares the stage with a cast of thirteen! Six dynamic bad ass women, seven brilliant and bold musicians.

OCTOBER 12TH – 15TH
Thurs – Sat 8PM
Sunday 5PM
TICKETS

OTHER EVENTS

Thu, Oct 12 – Studio Supper with Nat Stratton-Clarke & Bernadette Bacani (Cafe Flora) Studio Suppers bring art lovers together in the Studio Theater for a fantastic family-style, pre-show dinner. INFO

Fri, Oct 13 – Post-show Conversation with Jody Kuehner and Florangela Davila (studio theater).

Sat, Oct 14 – WTFJH (aka ‘WTF Just Happened’) Saturdays audience members connect with each other over drinks at the FUBAR. (Main Lobby)

Sun, Oct 15 – On-site childcare with Sweet Pea Cottage Preschool of the Arts (Studio Theater)

ABOUT THE WORKExplore the infantilization of the feminine. Embroil in the conundrum of being. Gape at the amazing circumstances within which we exist. Trace the ties from birth to death and back again with the help of drag queen Cherdonna, a chorus of adult toddlers, and a seven-piece brass marching band. Jody Kuehner is a queer, fem, female, professionally trained contemporary dancer who uses dance traditions, clowning, drag, theater, comedy, performance art, camp, pop culture, feminism, absurdity, and subversive commentary to make art.

Kissing Like Babies is partially funded by the New England Foundation for the Arts National Dance Project Presentation Grant and the National Endowment for the Arts. It was developed at On the Boards through the Performance Production Program, made possible by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation with additional support from Max Lakritz.

Kissing Like Babies: Part III of one great, bright, brittle alltogetherness

Oct 12 – 15, 2017 at On The Boards

In this dance/theater piece, OtB audiences will explore the infantilization of the feminine, the conundrum of being, the amazing circumstances within which we exist, and the tie from birth to death and back again with the help of drag queen Cherdonna, a chorus of adult toddlers, and a seven piece brass marching band. Cherdonna Shinatra is a queer, fem, female, professionally trained contemporary dancer who uses dance traditions, clowning, drag, theater, comedy, performance art, camp, pop culture, feminism, absurdity, and subversive commentary to make art.

http://www.ontheboards.org/1718-subscription-series-announcement#Cherdonna

About the Author: Michael Strangeways

As the Editorial Director/Co-Owner, Michael Strangeways writes, edits and does about a million other jobs for Seattle Gay Scene, Puget Sound's most visited LGBTQ news, arts and entertainment website now celebrating its 14th year as a media outlet. A semi-proud Midwesterner by birth, he's lived in Seattle since 2000. He's also a film producer who would like you to check out the Jinkx Monsoon documentary, "Drag Becomes Him" now available on Amazon.com. In his spare time, he gets slightly obsessive about his love for old movies, challenging theater, "otters", vodka, chocolate, "I,Claudius", Lizzie Borden, real books made out of paper, disaster films, show tunes, Weimar era Germany, flea markets, pop surrealistic art, the sex lives of Hollywood actors both living and dead, kitties, chicken fried steak, haute couture and David Bowie. But, not necessarily in that order.