D.Q.M

or

DRAG QUEEN MAGIC

OR THE TORTUROUS PURGATORIAL EXPERIENCE OF ONE MISS LETTA CELEBRATE

SELECTED FOR A rolling world premiere with the national new play network, with unique productions at

LOCAL THEATRE CO - BOULDER, CO

OREGON CONTEMPORARY THEATRE - EUGENE, OR

UNICORN THEATRE - KANSAS CITY, MO

BEGINNING AT LOCAL THEATRE COMPANY, OCT 3rd - NOV 1st

WINNER - 2026 B STREET THEATRE NEW COMEDY FEST

Selection - 2025 durango playfest

Local drag queen Letta Celebrate just wants to live her life lip-syncing to Lady Gaga at birthday parties, weddings, and occasional Bar Mitzvahs. But when the unlucky Nancy entreats her for help after losing her apartment, her boyfriend, and her mediocre job, Letta finds herself trapped in a time loop in which she must find a way to save Nancy’s life or be doomed to repeat the day forever. In a structure that can only be described as shamelessly stealing from Groundhog Day, D.Q.M. or DRAG QUEEN MAGIC or The Torturous Purgatorial Experience of One Miss Letta Celebrate is an outrageous absurdist comedy about assumptions, otherism, and the trope of the Magic Minority, sponsored by Marbles Gourmet Soups™.

CAST REQUIREMENTS: 1M (in Drag), 1F (in Drag), 1F (not in Drag)

RUN TIME: TBD

CONTENT NOTES

Photographs below from the Local Theatre Company Rolling World Premiere of D.Q.M. or Drag Queen Magic at the Dairy Arts Center in Boulder, Colorado, October 2026. Pictured here are Cecily Galm as Nancy, Stephen J. Burge as Letta Celebrate, and Mary Quinn as Everyone Else. Photographs by Michael Ensminger Photography.

L to R, Steven J. Burge (Letta) and Mary Quinn (Everyone Else), Drag Queen Magic, LTC, photo credit_ Michael Ensminger Photography.jpg

L to R, Mary Quinn (Everyone Else) and Steven J. Burge (Letta), Drag Queen Magic, LTC, photo credit_ Michael Ensminger Photography.jpg

L to R, Cicely Galm (Nancy) and Mary Quinn (Everyone Else) Drag Queen Magic, LTC, photo credit_ Michael Ensminger Photography.jpg

Photos below from the November 2025 workshop presentation of D.Q.M. or DRAG QUEEN MAGIC, produced by Local Theatre Company, Nick Chase and Betty Hart co-Artistic Directors, Misha Zimmerman, Executive Producer. This presentation featured Katelyn Kendrick, Mary Quinn, and Tim Campbell A.K.A. Amerikah Misdemeanor as Letta. Directed by M. Graham Smith. Photographs courtesy of Shannon Altmer.

Photos below from the June, 2025 Durango PlayFest reading of D.Q.M. or DRAG QUEEN MAGIC, directed by M. Graham Smith, featuring Luisa Frasconi, Mary Quinn, and Charlie Levy A.K.A. The Leggy Pee as Letta Celebrate. Photographs courtesy of Justin Treptow, In Focus Photo Co.