About Schwa de Vivre

Broadway & Beyond

I caught the theater bug early and never recovered. After earning my BFA in Musical Theater from Point Park University, I spent decades working professionally on stages across the country.

The highlight? Mary Poppins. I played Robertson Ay on Broadway at the New Amsterdam Theatre and then toured nationally with the show from 2009 to 2012. During the Los Angeles premiere, I met Dick Van Dyke, who made a one-night-only appearance. (He was exactly as charming as you'd imagine.)

Beyond Broadway, I've been fortunate to work at incredible theaters across the country. I played Baby John in West Side Story and Mark in A Chorus Line at Pittsburgh Musical Theater. I got to be Mercedes in La Cage Aux Folles at Gateway Playhouse and the Ghost of Christmas Past in A Christmas Carol at Arkansas Repertory. I've done Altar Boyz at Cincinnati Playhouse and St. Louis Rep, Hairspray at North Shore Music Theatre, Gypsy at Westchester Broadway, and Servant of Two Masters at Pittsburgh Public Theater. Off-Broadway, I appeared in Daddy Issues at St. Clements Theatre.

And then there's The Legend of Georgia McBride at Barebones Productions, where I played Tracy Mills, a character who transforms from an Elvis impersonator into a drag queen. Method acting at its finest.

That Time I Won Chopped

In 2016, I competed on Food Network's Chopped (Season 30, Episode 3: "Best Halloween Ever"). Four chefs. Mystery ingredients. One winner.

I won with what judge Maneet Chauhan called a "mean cookie." The whole experience was incredible, and I have the memes to prove it.

Cooking remains a passion. The attention to detail, the timing, the presentation under pressure? It's not that different from hosting a flawless virtual event for 500 people.

Television & Film

Beyond Chopped, I've appeared on screen in:

Broadway Maids: My First Business

Before Virtual Drag Shows, I founded Broadway Maids in 2012, a NYC cleaning service staffed by actors pursuing their Broadway dreams. The concept was simple: hire talented, hardworking people who understood hustle, customer service, and showing up on time (we had auditions to get to, after all).

I sold the company in 2017, and it still operates today. Building and selling a business taught me everything about customer experience, operations, and what it takes to run a company that serves people well.

Building Virtual Drag Shows

When the pandemic shut down live entertainment in 2020, I did what performers do: I adapted.

I launched Virtual Drag Shows to bring professional, HR-friendly drag entertainment to remote teams. What started as a survival pivot became a thriving business. Since 2020, I've hosted 1,000+ virtual events for companies including Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, UnitedHealth, and dozens of other Fortune 500 organizations.

What Makes My Shows Different