REVIEW: Wet Dream With Jesus, Alice Way, EdFringe 2025 ★★★★

A fast-pased, entertaining hour of queer chaos and catholic guilt.

Wet Dream With Jesus tells the real-life story of Alice Way and her experience growing up queer in the thick of America’s Bible Belt, Louisiana. Alice jumps between herself and different characters from her past using a variety of props and costumes, she is an excellent and engaging storyteller and I adored the way she broke character to hammer in the reality of the situations she found herself in.

This show is excellent, but I feel that it could be marketed differently. Though I couldn’t tell you what exactly it was, something about the posters, flyers and description gave me the impression this was going to be a Drag King show, which it wasn’t. I actually think this show would be excellent as a drag show, I think Alice’s storytelling would perfectly match the campy queer aesthetic of a drag performer, but due to my assumption from the advertising, I felt that this show did not live up to the nightlife aesthetic I was advertised.

The piece ends without any real conclusion in a way that I, for one, thought was beautiful. Alice runs away, because she can’t find any other option, and now she’s here performing to us. The audience doesn’t know what comes next, but neither does she. It is almost heartbreaking, if Alice had not shown us that she is stronger alone.

This piece is a beautiful homage to growing up queer surrounded by queerphobia, something I know many of us can relate to.

Recommended Drink: Pair this with a Strawberry Daiquiri to celebrate Mardi Gras with.

Performances of Wet Dream With Jesus have now concluded at EdFringe 2025.

Image Credit: Andrew AB Photography