Alexa Fraser is a performer, designer, producer and facilitator who creates and lives on the unceded and occupied territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations colonially known as “Vancouver, British Columbia”. Alexa is a self-identified plus sized queer artist and proud performer, producer and historian within “Vancouver’s” burlesque and cabaret scenes.
They are a graduate of Simon Fraser School for the Contemporary Arts, holding a BFA in Theatre Performance (2018).
They are currently a recipient within the Associated Designers of Canada (ADC) 2025 Mentorship Cohort as the sole costume design recipient, working alongside legendary fashion designer Evan Clayton on his upcoming collection Phyllis, premiering October 30th, 2025.
Recent theatre work includes: Faye's Room (Angelica Schwartz and Mily Mumford, 2025), The Queen in Me (Teiya Kasahara 笠原貞野, 2025), Dream Machine (Howard Dai, 2025), Meeting (Pacific Theatre, 2025), Eurydice Fragments (Debi Wong, 2024), Nuits Claires: Double Vie (Anais Mateusz West, 2024), God's A Drag (PTC, 2024), Ayibobo III: Little Dollhouse on the Prairie (frank theatre, QAF, Danse-Cité, and the House of Barbara, 2024), Fat Joke (Neworld Theatre, 2024), Tomboy (Chłopczyca) (Anais Mateusz West, 2024, 2025), Blood Wedding: A Trans Fantasia (Angelica Schwartz, 2023-2025), Divine Figures (Neworld Theatre, 2023), sᴜᴘᴇʀ ʜᴇᴀᴠʏ Pop III 𝕯𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖍꧂°¤𖦹,¸.•*☆ (Jarin Schexnider, 2023), Archive (The Darlings, 2023), Gestural Symphony No.1 (theatrecorps, 2022), Are You Watching? (Eve Middleton- Meyer, 2021), New Societies (Summerworks, In The Soil, Kick & Push, rEvolver, SFU SCA 2019-2023), Juicy Gems (2021), Richmond Maritime Festival Featured Storyteller (2020), The Democratic Set (Back to Back Theatre, PuSh Festival 2020), These Violent Delights (Cole Lewis, SummerWorks Festival, 2017).
Alexa’s other passions reside in researching and sharing “Vancouver” nightlife and sex work history, collecting vintage cabaret and playboy ephemera as well as walking an adorable himbo pomeranian while watching the sun set on the Salish Sea/"Fraser River".
They just want to have a good time, for a long time.
