Acclaimed Black Filipinx playwright and Kilroys List honoree Roger Q. Mason will receive a staged reading of their play THE PRIDE OF LIONS, directed by legendary intimacy coordinator Ann James with dramaturgy by Gaven Trinidad, at The Tank (312 W 36th St., New York, NY 10018) on Monday, February 24 at 7pm.

It is 1928, and five fabulous drag queens were about to become dolls of Broadway in a Mae West play, until the New York vice police took them in. Now, stuck in the pen with a curious yet cringy warden, the girls conjure the magic of queer storytelling to save themselves (and us) from the clutches of invisibility.

The cast will feature Doug Plaut (Terry on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), Matthew Russell, Sis Thee Doll (Dunaway on American Horror Story; National Tour of Oklahoma), Garnet Williams (Cats: The Jellicle Ball at Perelman Performing Arts Center), Mrs. Kasha Davis (RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 8; RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 7; Drag Me to Dinner on Hulu), Wesley Han (Mike in Emily The Criminal), and Brendan O’Leary. The reading will be directed by Ann James (Sunset Boulevard on Broadway) with Dramaturgy by Gaven Trinidad (The Duat with Philadelphia Theatre Company).