This week were delighted to have Les Kurkendaal-Barrett speak to our club about being a fringe artist, actor, and storyteller. Based in Los Angeles, California, Les is in town for the Halifax Fringe Festival with his show, The Real Black Swann, Confessions of America's First Black Drag Queen. It is about a former slave, William Dorsey Swann, in the late 1800s and early 1900s, becoming the queen of drag in the US and the first queer activist on record. Les talked about how little is known about William and the making of the show.
For more information on the Halifax Fringe Festival and tickets, visit: https://halifaxfringe.ca/
You can find Les online here: https://www.leskurkendaalbarrett.com/
You see The Real Black Swann, Confessions of America's First Black Drag Queen at Neptune Theater's Windsor Room:
- September 3 @ 9:50 PM
- September 4 @ 1:30 PM
- September 7 @ 7:00 PM
- September 10 @ 8:35 PM
- September 11 @ 1:15 PM
