Summer Lynne Seasons

Career

Drag performer Summer Lynne Seasons has been part of the cast at Darcelle XV Showplace. She has also performed with Darcelle XV and Company outside Portland, such as in The Dalles in 2022. In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, she, fellow cast member Bolivia Carmichaels, and other performers offered socially distanced drag performances as part of a fundraiser for the nonprofit organization Our House Portland. In 2023, Summer Lynne Seasons performed in Drag-a-thon, which set a Guinness World Record for the longest drag stage show. She and Bolivia Carmichaels were co-hosts during KOIN's coverage of Portland's annual pride parade in 2024.

In 2023, Blackwell competed on the reality competition show Buddy Games, as part of Team Pride.

Outside of drag, Blackwell manages Esther's Pantry & Tod's Corner for CAP Northwest (formerly Cascade AIDS Project). In 2022, Blackwell was among seven recipients in the Pacific Northwest of the Marie Lamfrom Foundation's annual Grit Award, which recognizes "community members and non-profit leaders who demonstrate grit through their work and service".

Personal life Blackwell is based in the Portland metropolitan area, and has lived in Tigard, Oregon for approximately two decades. Blackwell is gay and uses the pronouns they/them.