Clinton Leupp created the character of Miss Coco Peru for his first show "My Gaddamn Cabaret", which quickly developed a following and ran for two years at Rose's Turn in New York. He also wrote and performed "Miss Coco Peru: A Legend in Progress", which won a 1992 Manhattan Association of Cabaret Award and a Backstage Bistro Award. Leupp has performed as Miss Coco Peru in many cabaret clubs around the world and recently completed a successful run at New York's Westbeth Theatre Center with "Miss Coco Peru's Liquid Universe", which was nominated for a 1999 GLAAD Media Award. Leupp worked with director Jim Fall prior to trick, starring in Fall's off-Broadway play "Blood Orgy of the Carnival Quenns". Leupp also appeared as Miss Coco Peru in Beeban Kidron's To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar and Rich Mauro's Nick and Jane.

See MISS COCO'S PERU'S UNIVERSE live at the Beverly Hills Playhouse