Sasha Velour is a genderfluid drag queen, global theatre star, award-winning television producer and winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 9. Velour has headlined performances in theatres across the world, bewitching audiences on five continents. In 2019, she debuted her first one-queen show, Smoke & Mirrors, to critical acclaim. Hailed as “a spellbinding tour de force” (Forbes), the show has pushed the boundaries of what drag can be, incorporating Velour’s signature innovative use of video projection Smoke & Mirrors has since toured 30 cities across three continents, with sold out performances at iconic theaters in LA, London, San Francisco, Chicago, Auckland, Toronto, and more. With a 36-city European tour of the show kicking off in February 2022, Smoke & Mirrors is the first theatrical drag spectacular to integrate a full lip sync narrative and tour the world at this scale.

Velour is also widely known as the director and host of NightGowns, a drag revue she began in 2015. Over the years, it became one of the most esteemed and oft-imitated drag shows in the world and was adapted into a docu-series now streaming on The Roku Channel. As the founder of her production company, House of Velour, she produces live theatre, television, film, charity events, merchandise, graphic design, photography, and more.

Sapphira Cristál is a classically trained opera singer, composer, and drag queen known for her theatrical lip sync style and six-octave vocal range. She holds 14 pageant crowns — including Miss’d America 2020/2021 —and has performed nationwide. Notably, she has appeared twice at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival: first in 2019, when she sang on the same bill as Stephanie Blythe, and again in 2023, when she was featured as a headlining artist. In the drag sphere, Sapphira is renowned as a charismatic host who commands the room and establishes a special, intimate connection with her audience.

Sapphira works to inspire young people through appearances at colleges, youth camps, and high schools. She taught several years of master classes in drag makeup and performance at Emerson College, and she has given artist talks at Rockland Community College. An experienced attitude and stage presence coach, Sapphira has also taught master classes at the Philadelphia Burlesque Academy and various dance studios.

Whenever she gets the chance, Sapphira partners with charitable organizations to raise funds to change people’s lives. Her personal credo is: “There is no better exercise for the heart than reaching down to lift someone up,” and she has made it her mission to uplift, encourage and inspire those around her.

Julie J is a New York City based drag queen, writer, and interdisciplinary artist.

Julie J’s created work focuses on cultural insertion, relationships between history and identity, and the tactics of escape utilized by marginalized bodies. They are currently developing work that combines drag performance, media, and experimental modes of storytelling. They received their Bachelor of Liberal Arts with a concentration in Theater Performance and Direction from Sarah Lawrence College in 2018 and has studied at Upright Citizens Brigade and La Mama Umbria’s Directors Symposium.

In May of 2019, Julie J was named one of La Mama Theater’s Next Generation Artists and received a residency through the Centro Umbro Residenze Artistiche where they developed their solo show IF I KNEW YOU WERE COMING I WOULD HAVE WORN EYESHADOW.

In the winter of 2021, she premiered FAULTY DEFENSE MECHANISMS, an episodic digital drag show exploring what it means to acknowledge our weak spots, claim our strengths, and find solace in the confusion of our times.

Julie J’s newest performance piece CHANNEL 27 will premiere digitally in summer 2021.

In 2021, she was named a 2021-2022 Performance Project Fellow at University Settlement.

She produces a monthly all Black drag variety show called Sylvester (@sylvesternyc on Instagram)

Her new show series PROJECT premieres March 28th, 2023 at 3 Dollar Bill in Brooklyn. More info can be found at 3DBNYC.com

She can be found on Instagram @juliej.nyc and on Twitter @JulieJ_NYC.

She doesn’t care what you call her, just as long as you call her.