If you talk to enough drag artists, you’ll find that the venn diagram between them and theater kids is practically a circle. And drag king Edacious March isn’t one to buck that trend.
Growing up, March did a lot of theater and even decided to major in the field when he went to Eastern Washington University. However, once he was in Cheney, he realized that theater wasn’t where he saw himself. So, he dropped out of school and during the early years of the pandemic began to consider performing drag.
“When Atomic Threads Boutique was still open, they had a group called the Bombshell Revue. It was a cabaret group… and I went and saw a show with an old friend of mine, and I fell in love,” says March, the drag persona of Felix Lewis. “It was drag, there was burlesque, there was pole, there was spoken word poetry and just a little bit of everything, and I was like, ‘Oh, I would love to do that because I felt like it was so freeing.”
Edacious March
The next month, March debuted at the same show lip-syncing to “Unholy” by Sam Smith and Kim Petras. A varied performer, March is just as comfortable in a dapper suit performing to jazz as he is in a bright pink orchid mantis costume using large claws to stun the audience.
After a few more performances with the Bombshell Revue, March found regular gigs at Neato Burrito’s monthly drag show, which goes by Queerdos these days. Then in April 2025, he started producing his own drag show under the name The Greed Ring.
The group originally performed at Garland Drinkery, but after the venue decided not to continue the show just months before closing in late 2025, the group found a new home at the Chameleon. Now, each month through at least the remainder of this year, the Jaguar Room will fill with stunning drag artists and the masses who support them.
“I created it, I produce it, I do all the advertising, I do all the hosting, everything is on my shoulders, which is terrifying sometimes, especially having not taken on that kind of responsibility before,” March says.
Between all the show planning, his over-the-top stage presence and the polished looks he brings, March handles the pressure effortlessly while providing another space in Spokane for young queer artists to shine.
While you might see any number of performers at one of The Greed Ring’s shows, the main cast consists of Edacious March, Medza, T.S. Loveless, Dusty Paira Docs and This Bitch. All five drag artists consider themselves alternative and have been performing for less than a decade each.
“Alternative drag is just basically stuff that you don’t see on TV… and I think a lot of the alternative scene here in Spokane is very political,” March explains. “All drag is political, but especially in the alternative scene we’re not afraid to be like, ‘Hey, there’s a trans genocide going on right now, so we’re gonna do a whole number about this,’ or ‘There’s all this shit happening in Palestine right now, so we’re gonna do a whole show to bring attention to all these issues.’”
Once March solidified the cast, he realized each of the Greed Ring’s performers are trans. It wasn’t a conscious choice he made while creating the group, but it’s a reality that made its one-year anniversary in April so special.
“A majority of my cast is trans women in drag, and the fact that people view their drag as less, or think that they’re like cheating, is just absolutely preposterous. They’re doing the same amount of work as everyone else,” he says, explaining that trans performers aren’t cast as often in drag shows because of transphobia. “I’m going to always feature trans performers. Some of the most talented, insane performers are the trans women here in Spokane like Medza or This Bitch.”
Now meet the rest of the Greed Ring’s cast — and catch them in person at their next show at the Chameleon on June 12, themed for pop icon Lady Gaga.
Medza
GHOULISH GLAMOUR
Medza knows she’s going to take over the world. In her mind there’s no question whether she’ll do it, it’s all just a matter of time. And if you’ve seen Medza perform, you’d understand where the confidence comes from.
The self-described “Cronenberg supermodel” is equal parts glamour and gore, and she makes just about everything she wears, too. From ’80s-themed animal print catsuits and sexy witch garb to maggot-infested bras and human-sized wooden crosses on her back, every performance brings something that will drop audiences’ jaws.
Originally from LA, Medza, or Jamie Marks, began performing in Spokane around 2019. Like most drag queens, Medza began drag after seeing queens on RuPaul’s Drag Race in the late 2010s.
However, once she became familiar with the kooky Club Kids of the ’90s, an NYC-based nightlight subculture known for its avant-garde exuberance, and Dragula, another drag reality competition show focused on horror, her femme-inspired drag began to shift into something spookier.
“I consider my drag sort of like the midpoint between like ’80s, low-budget B movies and all kinds of gory stuff, mixed with like high fashion couture references. And I always throw in a huge dose of just stupid,” she says. “Drag is a great way to tell a story. It’s such an open forum where you can kind of do whatever you want.”
Although Medza says she hopes to compete on Dragula some day, her time in Spokane, and over the past year with the Greed Ring, has been healing for her.
“It is great having an all-trans cast, because you feel supported in what you do, like you can do numbers that celebrate your body, and I don’t get like backhanded comments or anything like that,” she says. “I get my life performing at Queerdos and Greed Ring, where it’s like those people came here to see drag, in whatever form it is in.”
T.S. Loveless
CREATURE FEATURE
Like March and Medza, Lich Wyrmwood’s drag began in the burlesque scene. They found inspiration in Spokane burlesque staples like Miss MastiKate and Sarah Bellum, and eventually began performing regularly as T.S. Loveless to bring a social aspect to their life.
“When I started, I had really severe agoraphobia and I was at a point where it was affecting work life and my social life,” Loveless says.
Although they’re also a former theater kid, Loveless’ time there was spent in the stage crew. It’s not the traditional pipeline to drag, but it did prepare them for the work that performing almost every weekend would bring.
There are drag kings and queens who see the artform as an expression of gender, but T.S. Loveless has taken the concept entirely out of their stage presence, instead considering themself a drag creature.
“I don’t really try to put any labels on it, because then I feel boxed in, and… if I start putting too many labels on it, it makes me feel like I have to present a certain way,” they say. “A lot of what I do is horror-centric, so I try to focus more on that than anything else.”
“A lot of horror stems from queer and trans art, and is heavily laden with those experiences,” they continue. “You can’t really put a gender experience on that. Fear is at the core of our nature as human beings.”
Dusty Paira Docs
COWBOY CHIC
For the last three years, Dusty Paira Docs has been just as frequent on Spokane stages as his namesake is in the closets of the masses. Although Docs, the stage name of Willow Vaughn, is a varied performer who can adapt his style when needed, he’s cowboy at heart. He also creates everything he wears.
“One of the things that sets me apart in the community is how much of my drag that I make from scratch,” Docs says. “I try to create some element that’s new for each show. It depends on the show, obviously, and how inspired I am by it. For example, I have a show coming up that I’m planning to wear a suit for. I’m not making the suit. I will go find a suit.”
His eye for detail started decades before drag was ever in the picture. Docs began to sew when he was 6 years old, and soon enough he was competing in 4H sewing competitions. When he got bored of the basics, he began to move into the costuming design that’s become so vital today.
“It’s really funny, I grew up up north in Pend Oreille, so a lot of the judges’ questions were just ‘So what was this [costume] for?’ And me going, ‘Oh, I just thought it would be cool,” he says with a nostalgic laugh.
While he’s excited to have a place to share his art, Docs says the joy and community he’s found in the Greed Ring has been an invaluable addition to his life.
“I very much treasure the group that I have right now,” he says.
This Bitch
THE DIVINE DOLL
This Bitch is the type of person to talk about others before she dives into who she is.
Before she ever talks about her 2017 origins at The Pin, which closed in 2020, she talks about Juniper Blessing. The 19-year-old transgender woman and University of Washington student was stabbed more than 40 times in the laundry room of her off-campus apartment on May 10.
Before This Bitch (aka Race Broom) talks about her time away from drag in Tillamook, Oregon, until she came back to Spokane in 2022, she speaks about Eryka Caldwell, a transgender woman in New York who sought shelter from an abusive partner a month before he slit her throat.
And way before she talks about how the filthy drag queen Divine, who starred in some of John Waters’ most famous films, is her biggest inspiration, she remembers Davonta Curtis who was beaten to death with a hammer in her Chicago apartment in April.
She’s also the type of person to put others first, too. When a man overdosed across the street from our Wednesday, May 20 interview, This Bitch hopped up from her seat, ran into nYne Bar & Bistro to grab a dosage of narcan and administered it to revive the person before first responders took over.
Nothing I could write about her sexy lingerie, her unabashed confidence behind the mic, or her filthy worm-eating numbers (no worms were harmed) is as integral to This Bitch’s character than her quick response to a community member in need.
The trans women who came before This Bitch have paved a resilient path, one that’s being eroded away by politicians and partisan ideologists, and she recognizes that. It’s what inspires her to speak up so loudly for trans people today.
“When I was a child, I did not think that I would be looked at as our government has now stated as a radical, pro-transgender person that needs to be neutralized. I would never think that I would be existing in this timeline,” This Bitch says. “Myself and every trans person in this country has been given a timeline, essentially. We don’t know how long, but we know it’s going to be shorter, and that’s given me hope to shove worms in my mouth and pull leeches off my body.
“I do truly have hope that we will see better days,” she continues.
Lady Gaga: The Drag Ball • Fri, June 12 at 9 pm • $15-$20 • The Chameleon • 1801 W. Sunset Blvd. • chameleonspokane.com
