Musical comedy comes to Ukiah New Year’s Eve—in drag

UKIAH, CA., 12/30/24 — The Ukiah Players Theatre will present one of its most-loved annual fundraising events this New Year’s Eve: a gender-bending musical revue featuring performers of all ages singing, dancing and performing comic routines while in drag. 

“The “Bring on the Men!” performance began in 2016, shortly after the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida. Grey Wolfe-Smith, a cast member of the show, was deeply impacted by the tragedy and envisioned the musical as an ode to LGBTQIA+ communities coming together with heterosexual communities. Along with Jenny Peterman, the Ukiah Players Theatre executive director at the time, Wolfe-Smith helped produce a show that not only celebrated queer folks, but also straight allies.