We appreciated the glitz and pomp of in-person performance perhaps most profoundly in its absence. But the trials of the past two years also inspired reflection for local drag performer Reese Umbaugh, stage name Cookie Couture, on all it takes to make live entertainment happen. Couture brings us along for the day, providing a glimpse of what goes on behind the scenes of a Seattle drag show.
8am Umbaugh’s morning routine is simple: brush teeth, make breakfast, transform into a platinum blonde Amazon from the waist up. Like many of us, he’s leaned into the silver linings of Zoom life and eschews hard pants wherever possible; “a fabulous
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