Robert Dennick Joki has two main goals for his one-man show, “I’m Not That Girl,” June 26 and 27 at the Oakland Performing Arts Center, downtown Youngstown.

The first is to get his audience to accept that this bald and bearded, 300 pound man is “Audrey.”

The second is to set the stage for a ‘Second Stage’ series of showcases for local talent at the Oakland, where he hopes to have “more shows, and more kinds of shows.” His Monday media preview performance was also intended to be the start of a trend.

Joki, who has been called the soul of the Oakland for his tireless efforts as a director, designer, writer, costumer, fundraiser, Magic Carpet Tour manager, and drag performer, claimed to be nervous at his preview performance — even though he sings “constantly” — because he is usually either behind the scenes or behind his drag queen “clown makeup.” He should be over that, now.

“Ever since I started doing musical theater when I was in high school,” he explained, “I have always been particularly impressed with the songs done by leading ladies (hence the drag queen shows).” He created this show around those songs. And, if the terminology can be appropriate when a man performs as a woman dressed as a man, he plays it “straight.”

He is surprisingly convincing. Joki has a rich and powerful baritone voice. He can flat belt out a ballad. And when his voice quavers with tender emotion, it is easy to ignore his decidedly masculine appearance.

Though he will be alone on stage, Joki will have a supporting cast performing behind a shadow screen, while he runs through an ambitious and challenging repertoire of tunes from “Wicked,” “Little Shop of Horrors,” and many others. The shows, Friday and Saturday, start at 8 p.m., with a $15 admission charge.

Robert Joki’s claim that, “I Am Not That Girl,” is obviously true. But it’s hardly a stretch to accept that he IS that other one.