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Considering that Rise of a King’s origin began with a project called Don't Tell My Mother, the fact that actor and drag king Vico Ortiz ended up putting the finishing touches on it and rehearsing it in their mother’s living room is both a hilarious irony and perfectly encompasses the spirit of the solo show. “I'm not looking for perfection. I'm looking for humanity,” they tell PRIDE.

The whole endeavor is outside Ortiz’s typical wheelhouse. Best known as an actor in beloved projects including Our Flag Means Death and Vida, or for their podcast Today in Gay (which they co-host alongside Nay Bever), Ortiz was ready to stretch and explore their talents. That and share a new, intimate side of themselves through the journey of becoming theirdrag king alter ego, Vico Suave.