Cherdonna Shinatra is the stage name of Jody Kuehner (born 1979),[1] a Seattle-based, American dancer, drag queen and performance artist.
[3] Kuehner has been called a "female impersonator impersonator"[1] and describes her own performance as Cherdonna as "a female-bodied person, presenting as a male-bodied person, presenting as a female".
[4][5] She has been mistaken for a man by some audience members who don't expect to see the "exaggerat[ed] femininity" displayed by a drag persona to have a female body.
[1] Keuhner incorporates many elements into her performances, including dance, theater, drag, burlesque, glitter, celebrity impersonations, audience interaction, and clowning.
[7] Kuehner was artist in residence and instructor at Velocity Dance Center in 2014.