Mama Roux, a restaurant in Newburgh, have teamed up with some performers to combine their brunch specials with a drag show.

Victoria Bohmore is host and the leading lady. She’s been performing for more than two decades. Behind the hair and makeup is George Connelly, who was introduced to drag while working at a bar in Baltimore.

“My drag mother was the show promoter at the bar," Connelly recalled. "They had an annual employee show, and she made all the employees get up in it. And she decided that I had something. She saw what I did on stage, and you know what? I was able to produce, and she decided that I should explore doing drag more often.”

Connelly said he found his onstage persona, whose name was Edith, at the time, and eventually changed his name to Victoria.

“For me, drag’s an outlet," Connelly said. "I can say what I want to do and do what I want to say on a microphone, and during regular work hours, I can't. Like I have to edit myself when I can.”

The history of drag can be traced back as far as ancient Greece.

“Women were not actors. They did not perform on stage. So if you had a stage play with a man and a woman, it was two men, and it was another man dressed as a woman. So that's kind of where the whole concept started. And then it's snowballed from there,” said Connelly.

Connelly said he loves putting on a show for a live audience. He feeds off the energy in the room.

“I honestly like making people laugh, like that. That is the thrill of it for me. That's what keeps me coming back to it,” said Connelly.

The drag queens at Mama Roux perform the last Sunday of every month. Connelly said he doesn’t plan on stopping soon.

“I can get out there and do a little one, two-step and a twirl, and people think that it's the best thing since sliced bread,” said Connelly.