Selena Surreal is a Brooklyn-born, raised, and based performance artist, drag apparition, showrunner, femcee, & the only Black transfemme sideshow artist in NYC.
Known as the Serpent Siren of the Sideshow, she is the co-founder & mother of the Black Cherry Sideshow, the first all BIPOC, all trans circus sideshow troupe in the history of the world! Selena has been instrumental in the proliferation of the blended drag-sideshow artform in the NYC drag scene. She is one third of The Esoterrorists, a counter culture Drag Collective, and Coproducer of Re[Visions], an experimental open stage. Selena is resident producer at Purgatory and All Night Skate, and has been seen on stages from Coney Island to Philadelphia.















