Sage Reid Priest

(they/she/he)

is an actor, singer, dancer, and drag performer based in Chicago, originally from Dallas, Texas.

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Priest is a current student of The Theatre School at DePaul University, expected to graduate in June 2026 with a BFA in Acting and minor in Cannabis Studies (which is a real thing)!​ She also trained with the Prague Shakespeare Company in the summer of 2024, under Guy Roberts, Lisa Wolpe, Jim Johnson, Kiara Pipino, Jeff Mills, and others. 

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Roles at DePaul University include Hall (Men on Boats), Leigh (At the Wedding), Skye (Left Unheard), and Doc (Cry Havoc). Other roles include Ariel (The Tempest), Annie (Chicago the Musical), and Daughter (The Trail to Oregon!)

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In addition to theatre, Priest is an accomplished content creator, garnering 14,000+ followers on TikTok for their theatre and lifestyle content (@sagereidpriest). They also performs in hyper-femme drag as Delta Ate (@officialdeltaate), spreading fierceness across Chicagoland. Their other passions include dancing, gaming (poorly), and reciting lines from Spongebob to her roommate loudly from memory.