Media.www.Siude.com – By Sarah Lohman
SRN holds biannual drag show
Joel Nadler shimmied across the stage wearing a big, red wig, black socks and a pink halter-top dress as his dance partner Ryo Patrascu strutted down the runway in her backwards hat, sunglasses and instant, make-up beard.
Nadler, a doctoral candidate in psychology, and Patrascu, a senior from Chicago studying animal science, were chosen to take part in suicide drag during Friday night’s show co-sponsored by the Saluki Rainbow Network.
About halfway through the show, their names were pulled out of a bowl, and they were quickly whisked backstage to be transformed into drag queens.
“Let’s go make you beautiful,” Michael Graham, coordinator of the show and codirector of SRN, said as he led the winners into the dressing room. Graham is a senior from Springfield studying sociology.
Once backstage, drag queens searched for wigs and outfits for Nadler and Patrascu to wear while testing out shades of foundation and eyeliner.