TAYLOR RATLIFF / PLASMA

Taylor Ratliff is an actor, singer and drag performer.

Taylor appeared on RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 16 under their drag persona, Plasma. Winning the RDR Live acting/singing episode and the iconic Rusical episode, it’s no surprise BroadwayWorld has dubbed Plasma “the new Broadway baby of RuPaul's Drag Race!"

Plasma has produced three epic full-scale production music videos, including a shot for shot remake of "Don't Rain on My Parade” scenes from the movie Funny Girl, set to Plasma’s own soaring cover of her favorite Barbra Streisand song. Plasma’s cover is available on Spotify, Apple Music and other music streaming platforms. Another video is a set to a new remix of "Bloody Mary" by Lady Gaga, her elimination song on Drag Race. Plasma wanted to reclaim the song and show range outside of her usual glamorous old-Hollywood esthetic, using her goth runway look with a nod to Macbeth. Her most recent music video is a nine-minute epic tribute to Marilyn Monroe on the occasion of her 100th birthday. The video features Plasma singing multiple covers of songs made famous by Marilyn. All of these videos can be seen on Plasma’s YouTube.

Plasma’s live-sung cabaret, “All That Plazz,” with the Benjamin Young Quintet, has played in the historic McKittrick Hotel and Laurie Beechman Theater in New York City, as well as The Art House in Provincetown, MA. This summer, she is debuting an all-new, live-sung cabaret, Plasma as Bernadette Peters, at the Pilgrim House in Provincetown.

In 2025, Plasma produced her debut album, Is Miss Thing On?, recorded live at the iconic Joe’s Pub in New York City, and featuring special guests such as Tony & Grammy Award Winner J. Harrison Ghee. Stream Is Miss Thing On? wherever you stream music!