Meet Cookie Dough!

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A seasoned veteran behind the scenes, Cookie Dough's over-the-top personality and wild antics on stage and screen have made her an overnight sensation 16 years in the making!

Though Cookie was “born” in 1990 as a silly character for a birthday celebration, a decade passed before she finally took the stage. When her debut performance at a Bay Area fundraiser received a thunderous standing ovation, Cookie realized her time in the spotlight finally arrived.

In the years since, Cookie has taken the drag world by storm! Starting as a featured regular in The Galaxy Girls, Cookie's monthly performances built a faithful following. After two years together, the Marin-based drag troupe disbanded — and the standout realized it was time to finally strike out on her own.

Shortly after her stage debut, Cookie met her soulmate. In the lively, imaginative performance artist, aspiring Film Director and Screenwriter Michael Burton Chu found his muse. The two pooled their talent to form “Toss Your Cookie Productions.”

In Spring 2002, the ambitious entertainer launched “Cookie...After Dark.” Featuring some of the Bay Area's best talent, and piano accompaniment by first Andrew Galli then Tom Shaw, the live cabaret act continues to pack Martuni's lounge four years later. Her show built on her reputation as a stage performer.

Their partnership sparked Chu's creativity as well, resulting in a series of horror film shorts starring Cookie. Creep, an official entry in San Francisco's 29th-Annual Frameline Film Festival, was the first. It was followed by Deconstructing Love, Evil Deeds, and the Russian River Massacre premiere of Call Me Daddy.

All the while, live performance opportunities abounded. From emceeing the mainstage at the annual Castro Street Fair to dazzling thousands at San Francisco's Halloween Street Celebration, the world's largest Halloween party, Cookie's appearances continued to woo local fans.

She reached all new heights — and international audiences — as a featured artist in the documentary Blood, Sweat & Glitter. The behind-the-scenes story of the 2004 Miss Trannyshack Pageant premiered at San Francisco's Frameline 29 before traveling to Fresno Reel Pride Gay & Lesbian Film Festival and, ultimately, the GLBT Film Festival in Sydney, Australia.

A regular performer on the legendary Trannyshack stage, BootieSF, Charlie Horse, Wicked Gorgeous and many other area venues, Cookie soon decided the world was ready for her own brand of mayhem. In August 2004, “The Monster Show with Cookie Dough” launched in the Heart of the Castro.

Every 2nd & 4th Saturday, the harder-edged, late night show plays to packed houses at Harvey's Bar. With Chu, aka DJ MC2, on the turntables, show themes run the gamut from “Brokeass Mountain Girls” An Oscar Night Bashing -- to “Female Trouble,” a tribute to John Waters.

“The Monster Show” routinely draws appearances by many of San Francisco's top entertainers. However, Cookie prides herself on not just catering to drag queens. She opens the stage to performers of any gender and identity, from novice to pro.

From providing guest vocals for the world's only mash up band, Smash-Up Derby, plans to form her own rock group and live stage shows playing Sophia Petrillo in The Golden Girls, Cookie keeps all her options open. Whether through fundraisers for a wide array of local organizations or nonstop professional gigs, such as a recent show with drag comedian Shirley Q. Liquor, Cookie plans to remain on the stage for a long time to come.

With Peace,

Readers Poll Winner SF Bay Guardian
Best Of The Bay 2006
Best Drag Act ‘The Monster Show’

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