Ptown drag queen celebrates 10 years on stage

CapeCodOnline.com – By Mary Ann Bragg

Provincetown – On a crowded and hot Friday evening, a tall and very shapely redhead with excellent posture coolly wheels her vintage bicycle down Commercial Street to the Art House, just in time to greet a few fans.

Approaching two men at an outdoor table, Varla Jean Merman, the drag persona of Jeffery Roberson, pulls something from her cleavage, a lighter perhaps. She smooths her flared skirt with muscled man arms. She has impeccable makeup and clear Cinderella slippers, and a reserved 1950s air with a touch of nervousness.