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Taylor Mac’s ‘Holiday Sauce...Pandemic!’ focuses on families and living a virtuous life
Playwright, drag performer, and singing historian Taylor Mac will present a virtual show for one night only on December 12. “ Holiday Sauce...Pandemic! ” features characters such as Sexual Consent Santa and a burlesque Baby Jesus.
By Madeleine Brand • • 50m ListenPlaywright, drag performer, and singing historian Taylor Mac will present a virtual show for one night only on December 12. “Holiday Sauce...Pandemic!” features characters such as Sexual Consent Santa and a burlesque Baby Jesus. The show challenges audiences to question their personal worldviews during this holiday.
“The big question I'm always asking on the stage is how do we live a virtuous life in an unvirtuous world? I don't have the answer to the question, but I think it's an interesting one to pass around amongst the collaborative, and that includes the audience,” Taylor Mac says.
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