Pee-wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special: A Queer Celebration w/ Drag Show! VIOLET HEX PRESENTS
- Fri, Dec 19
Run Time: 120 min.
TICKETS $20
Doors 6:30 p.m.; Event 7:30 p.m.
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THE EXPERIENCE
Featuring a special PEE-WEE’S PLAYHOUSE DRAG SHOW with pre-film performances by PDX icons Given, Ry Bred, XO Skeleton, & Violet Hex!
THIS SCREENING IS INTENDED FOR AN ADULT & TEEN AUDIENCE:
ON SCREEN: Pee-wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special
1988. Directed by Wayne Orr & Paul Reubens. Runtime: 90 minutes including commercials.
Pee-wee Herman and pals are celebrating Christmas in the Playhouse in their own creative ways: Pee-wee makes a list for Santa Claus 1.5 miles long, teaches Little Richard how to ice skate, goes for a sleigh ride with Magic Johnson, enslaves Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello into making Christmas cards, receives a long phone call from Dinah Shore, even has more musical fun with k.d. lang, the Del Rubio Triplettes and Charo! Finally, Big Red arrives and announces that Pee-wee’s Christmas list was so big, he didn’t have enough presents for all the children of the world. Will Pee-wee follow his own advice and help others?
ON STAGE: Violet Hex
Violet Hex is a maximalist drag starlet, DJ, cult cinema programmer, and a staple of Portland’s queer nightlife scene. Violet is known best for her larger-than-life drag performances and dramatic fashions, as well as for her work in Portland presenting queer celebrations of cult cinema throughout the decades. Living at the intersection of punk and disco, Violet Hex has opened for/collaborated with legends such as John Waters, Lady Miss Kier, Jinkx Monsoon, Susanne Bartsch, and Peaches Christ.
