APPEARING: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
VENUE: KRANNERT CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS (FOELLINGER GREAT HALL), 500 S. Goodwin, Urbana, IL 61801
Alaska Thunderfuck 5000, primarily known mononymously as Alaska, is a drag performer and recording artist best known for competing in the fifth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race, and being crowned the winner of the second season of RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars. She has traveled the world touring her chart-topping hits from her variety of albums (Anus, Poundcake, Red 4 Filth) and has appeared on television (Shudder’s Queer For Fear, VH1’s Scared Famous, The Bachelorette) and in film (God Save the Queens, The Quiet Room, Sharknado 6). Alaska is also one of the creators of the unabashedly queer “Drag: The Musical” which debuted with a sold out run at Hollywood’s The Bourbon Room in 2021. She currently co-hosts the hit podcast “Race Chaser with Alaska & Willam,” and continues to inspire the people of Earth with her unmistakable brand of irreverent humor and extraterrestrial glamour.