Jacksonville, do you want to get jaded?

     That's Jade Esteban Estrada's term for leaving audiences with his artistic mark. And it means he's ready to bring his one-man show "ICONS: The Lesbian and Gay History of the World, Vol. 1," to Boomtown Theatre for two performances tonight.

     Estrada has been to Jacksonville a handful of times and loves it here.

     "It's a very mixed bag," Estrada said by phone from his family's home in San Antonio. "Just when I want to say, 'Oh my God, Jacksonville is so conservative' there can be ... some extremely progressive people."

     Maybe that's why First Coast Pride Festival organizers and local art people keep inviting him back. Unlike past visits, Estrada won't be performing at the festival, but tonight's shows do coincide with the weeklong celebration of First Coast Pride, which culminates with the annual festival in Jacksonville Beach on Sunday.

     He said "ICONS" isn't a show for gay people or about gay people. It's just about people.

     "I've always been about inclusion for everyone," he said.

     Estrada has his fingers in several slices of the artistic pie. He's made a name for himself by appearing as a regular on Comedy Central's "The Graham Norton Effect." His music plays in the background on the police drama "The Shield" on FX. He has shared the stage with everyone from Jennifer Lopez to Charo.

     Although Estrada keeps busy performing and singing, he wanted to start a project that would combine his interest in history and different art forms. So after releasing his album "Angel" in 2001, Estrada came up with the idea for "ICONS".

     "In trying to find something that was the gay Latino experience, I realized a larger story hadn't been told yet and not in this way," he said.

     "ICONS" highlights what Estrada calls key gay people in history, and he plays six different characters, including Sappho, Michelangelo, Oscar Wilde, Gertrude Stein and Ellen DeGeneres. Estrada also plays lesser-known character Sylvia Rivera, a drag queen who resisted a police raid at New York's Stonewall Inn in 1969 and is credited by many with starting the gay rights movement.

     Estrada dances, sings and performs monologues as he moves from character to character.

     He also has started performing the sequel, "ICONS: The Lesbian and Gay History of the World Vol. 2," which is more political in nature.

     So does he want to come back and jade Jacksonville with that one?

     "Oh, absolutely."