Alejandro Rodriguez
M.A. '11
Alejandro Rodriguez aka Lady Quesa’Dilla -- is a native Tejan@ from the El Paso and Ciudad Juárez border. Their work is at the intersection of cultural identity, drag, and community. “The Brown Queen,” an autobiographical solo performance about growing up queer in the southwest, premiered at HERE Arts Center in the spring of 2010. Most recent solo performances include “My Tia Lupe” and “The Faggot in the Pink House”. Alejandro has performed in New York City, El Paso, Texas, Chiapas, Mexico, and Montreal, Canada. Alejandro is a member Bushwig, as Lady Quesa’Dilla, duties include Volunteer Coordinator for the annual Bushwig Festival.
Lady Quesa can also be found as a Youth Leadership Developer in the Youth Department at the LGBT Community Center in Manhattan, organizing the JEM (Jose Esteban Munoz) Mentoring program and the Youth Pride Chorus.
Lady Quesa holds a BA in Theater from Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts, and a MA in Performance Studies from Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, where he studied under José Esteban Muñoz, and is an alum of The Hemispheric Institute for Performance and Politics.
Lady Quesa’Dilla is a former Miss Coney Island Queen of Drag.