This Pride Month, Las Vegas is sparkling with even more rhinestoned ridiculousness than usual, and leading the charge is none other than Jaymes Mansfield—a beloved Drag Race alum, YouTube wig guru, and certified camp queen. With her new one-woman comedy show, Working On Myself, making its Las Vegas debut June 27 and 28 at Jimmy Kimmel’s Comedy Club as part of QVegas Presents: OUTrageous Comedy, Jaymes is reclaiming the mic, the spotlight, and the self-help industrial complex. The result? A glitter-drenched joyride of delusion, transformation, and laugh-out-loud life lessons that only Jaymes could deliver.
The show is more than just a return to stand-up for the glamour queen—it’s a personal renaissance. Years after her debut on Season 9 of RuPaul’s Drag Race and more recently on All Stars, Jaymes is stepping into a new era. In Working On Myself, she trades the competitive pressure of reality TV for something far more dangerous: a live audience and a wireless mic.
"Honestly, I just wanted to get back out there and do more comedy," Jaymes says. "Before the pandemic, I was working on this kind of thing all the time—and then everything stopped. This show is my big kick in the ass to get back out there and be funny on purpose again."
And funny, she is. Drawing inspiration from her previous show Herstory, which fused drag with queer historical comedy, Working On Myself turns the lens inward. Think Lucille Ball meets TED Talk, if the speaker showed up in sequins, didn’t know what they were talking about, and insisted on giving lifestyle advice anyway.
“I’ve watched enough makeover shows to think I’m qualified to change people’s lives,” Jaymes jokes. "And I’ve wasted enough hours watching reality TV to feel like an expert in personal growth. Now I’m finally ready to unleash that wisdom with disastrous results."
The result is a parody of self-improvement culture, filtered through a drag lens—think Queer Eye meets The Gong Show with a touch of Oprah-level delusion. Jaymes plays a motivational speaker, style guru, and accidental life coach all rolled into one, guiding her audience through topics ranging from navigating the world as a fabulous gay to decoding the mysteries of straight dating. Her goal? To help audiences laugh so hard they forget to be broken for a minute.
“Drag is the perfect medium for comedy,” Jaymes says. “It’s already a character. It already lives in this over-the-top fantasy. You can say something outrageous while covered in rhinestones, and it just lands differently.”
Of course, no Jaymes Mansfield production would be complete without hair—lots of it. As a self-taught wig stylist with a massive YouTube following and her own line of synthetic creations, Jaymes knows the transformative power of hair better than most.
"Hair is a whole identity. You put on a different wig, and you can become a completely different person. That’s the joy of drag—and also the joy of delusion," she laughs. "Bangs are magical. I mean, I don’t have room for bangs, but I hear great things."
In Working On Myself, her signature wigs don’t just complete the look—they’re part of the character journey. Each hairpiece reflects a new mood, new phase, or new self-help fantasy, and Jaymes uses them like visual punchlines, each more outrageous than the last.
"I’ve gotten very polished over the years. Like, bowling ball polished," she says. “And the best part is, I’ve learned not to take myself so seriously. Nobody likes serious comedy. Unless it’s unintentional—then it’s gold.”
That willingness to be silly, to lean into mess, is what makes Jaymes’ comedy so refreshing. In an age of filtered perfection and calculated branding, Jaymes thrives in chaos. Her inspirations range from Lucille Ball and Julie Brown to ‘90s makeover montages and daytime talk shows where nothing ever quite goes according to plan.
“I love comedians who let the lipstick smear. Who can be glamorous and still fall down the stairs with style,” she says. “That’s what I’m going for. Pretty, but also totally unhinged.”
Las Vegas, with its own brand of excessive fabulousness, has been a perfect fit. Jaymes moved to the city about five years ago and has become a fixture in the local drag and nightlife scene. Her love for Vegas is deep and deeply ironic.
“Vegas is the most magical, weird, delusional city in America,” she says. "It’s like a glittery fever dream that never ends—and that’s the vibe of the show. It’s inspired by living here."
Though she’s performed all over the country, stepping into Jimmy Kimmel’s Comedy Club on the Strip is something special.
“I’ve been circling that venue forever. I always look at it and think, ‘Ooh, I want to be in there.’ Now I finally am,” she says. "It’s a little intimidating—like, real comics perform there. But it’s also a challenge, and I love a good challenge."
For anyone familiar with Jaymes’ work, the progression from drag queen to one-woman comedy show feels like a natural evolution. She’s always had a razor-sharp sense of timing, a gift for parody, and a knack for turning awkward silences into laugh lines. Working On Myself is simply the next step—this time, the story is her own.
“This show is about sharing who I am now,” she says. “After Drag Race, after All Stars, after everything—I’ve grown a lot. Spiritually, emotionally… and cosmetically.”
That sense of self-awareness is what sets her apart. Jaymes knows her persona is built on a foundation of hot glue, duct tape, and pure delusion—and that’s exactly the point.
“I want audiences to leave feeling like they’ve learned something,” she says. “Or at least think they’ve learned something. Maybe they didn’t. Maybe they just laughed their pants off. Either way, mission accomplished.”
There’s no shortage of spectacle during Pride Month in Las Vegas, but Jaymes Mansfield brings something that stands out: sincerity, silliness, and sequins in equal measure. Working On Myself isn’t just a drag show or a stand-up set—it’s a glittering love letter to self-acceptance, growth, and the joy of not having it all figured out.
She won’t be giving away cars (yet), but she just might change your life—or at least your outlook on contouring. Come for the wigs, stay for the wisdom. Or was it the other way around?
Catch Jaymes Mansfield in Working On Myself June 27 & 28 at Jimmy Kimmel’s Comedy Club, as part of QVegas Presents: OUTrageous Comedy. Tickets are available now at Ticketmaster.com.