For the 10th year in a row, Eastern will bring drag queens to campus for the Diva Drag Show.

The annual show, put on by EIU Pride on Monday, will give students and community members the chance to witness an evening of professional drag queens from the Champaign area.

Molly Ferris, the vice president of EIU Pride, said there will be eight queens starring in the show.

“I’ve been working on getting this show put together for most of the summer and this whole semester,” she said.

Ferris said putting the show together is a process, but that it will be worth it.

“Coordinating with the queens, getting the theme together and working with the committee on decorations are all part of the process,” Ferrs said.

This year’s theme is Diamond Divas: Diamonds are a Ghouls Best Friend, which is focused on Halloween.

Past show themes include Bad Girls Club, the Diva Wears Prada and Welcome to the Jungle.

“It’s a big event and we usually have a couple hundred people attend every year,” she said. “It’s a good time to come and watch professionals perform because there’s a lot of interaction.”

Ferris said the show’s main queen, Ceduxion Carrington, makes the show entertaining with jokes.

“She’s the MC of the show and if you like good humor and dancing and entertainment, it’s the place to be,” she said.

Ferris said the cost of putting on the show depends on the amount of donations that are made to EIU Pride.

“We look at how much we get in donations before we look at renting equipment and paying the queens,” she said. “It varies from year to year.”

Last year’s show generated more than $1,000, Ferris said.

EIU Pride also donates some of the money to the Sexual Assault Counseling and Information Service.

Ferris said she hopes attendance continues to be what is has been in the past few years and maybe even grow.

“My goal would be to sell out, but we’ll have to wait and see what happens on Monday,” she said.

The show will take place at 7 p.m. Monday in the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

Tickets to the show are $4 for general admission and $8 for special seating.

Robyn Dexter can be reached at 581-2812 or [email protected].