Draft:Mars (drag queen)

Mars (born July 10, 1986), is an American drag queen, multi-disciplinary/performance artist, and film, television, and event producer based in Portland, Oregon. She has been noted for her signature auburn hair and highly emotional performance style.

Drag Career
Mars made her drag debut at the second annual Critical Mascara Post-Realness Drag Ball in 2014. She helped co-create the long running Portland drag cabaret, Death of Glitter, in 2015.

Between 2018-2020, she created, produced, and starred in the monthly series Haute Glue at Black Water Bar, which provided space for many trans and genderqueer performance artists to explore their genders and creativity on stage, and was commemorated in the feature documentary Goodbye Haute Glue (2021).

Mars began collaborating with fellow drag artist Max Little in 2019, with their first co-production of a drag reimagining of the musical Little Shop of Horrors, as "Little Punk Rock Drag Show of Horrors".

Since 2021, she has been creating and performing in the experimental variety web series with her collaborators, Magic Night at the Trans Bar with Max and Mars and Given and Urks and Friends!. The show has been described as "an unapologetically queer (trans and weird) take on Tim & Eric’s absurdist humor" and filmmaker Todd Haynes once said "this looks good!" upon receiving a business card for the show. In June 2024, the 4 drag artists were featured at Lincoln City, Oregon's first Pride festival.

Mars was one of dozens on performers and media personalities who participated in Drag-a-thon, the successful attempt at setting a Guinness World Record for the longest drag stage show, held during July 10–12, 2023, at the drag venue Darcelle XV Showplace. According to reporter Courtney Vaughn, "Mars is an absolute sexpot, rocking auburn '70s hair to Heart's "Magic Man." No one will ever be as sexy as Mars, so get over it now."

Through Max & Mars Present, she has been producing the "high concept" two-year long series S P A C E - The Drag Show from August 2022 - August 2024, in which she portrays the planet and goddess Mars.

Personal Life
Mars has been in an off-stage collaboration and romantic relationship with co-producer Max Little since 2019. She is trans and uses she/her pronouns.