Peaches Christ
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Peaches Christ is an underground drag phenomenon, emcee, filmmaker, and actor. Ms. Christ currently resides in San Francisco where her Backlash Production Company and Midnight Mass movie series are based. Her Midnight Mass road-show and Short Film Retrospective have been on tour and appeared in Seattle, Berkeley, New York City, Brussels, Belgium, and Lausanne, Switzerland.
[edit] Midnight Mass
Midnight Mass is San Francisco’s hugely popular midnight movie event. It began in the chilly summer of 1998. The elaborate pre-show stage productions, guest stars, and drag spectacles continue to draw sell-out crowds. Special guest stars have included the likes of Mink Stole, Tura Satana, Mary Woronov, and Elvira.
[edit] Stage and Screen
Peaches Christ has appeared on national television, including VH1’s Totally Gay, AMC’s Movies That Shook the World: Pink Flamingos, and IFC’s Cult Movie pilot.
Peaches stars in a number of short films written and directed by her alter-ego Joshua Grannell. Three of these, which make up the “Tran-ilogy of Terror," reverently tip their hats to horror classics and include the titles "Season of the Troll," "A Nightmare On Castro Street," and "Whatever Happened to Peaches Christ?" All have become international hits at film festivals and on cable television. Grannell’s fourth short film, "Grindhouse," is a gore comedy currently being developed into a feature-length film to be shot in the Bay Area.
Peaches appears in numerous other films as well, including "Spin the Bottle," a drag-umentary send-up of Madonna: Truth or Dare chronicling life behind the scenes at Midnight Mass. The film was penned by Grannell and directed by San Francisco filmmaker Scott Boswell.
Peaches Christ co-produces the San Francisco Underground Short Film Festival with performance artist and musician Vinsantos. The fest is designed to showcase outrageously talented and often overlooked Bay Area Filmmakers. In 2005, Peaches released her debut CD single "Idol Worship." Peaches continues to appear on the wildly successful Trannyshack stage where she got her start back in 1996. Ms. Christ regularly emcees the show when hostess Heklina needs the night off.
