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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/"><b>cleveland PUBLIC theatre</b></a></span><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Presents
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span lang="EN" style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/kwingos-comedy-revue/">Kwingo’s
Comedy Revue</a></span></i></b><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><i><span lang="EN" style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Conceived by Kadijah Wingo (aka Kwingo)
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><em><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Cleveland Scene</span></em><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white"> 2023
Nominee for “Best Local Comedian.”</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a name="_Hlk100678609"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Friday, May 30, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></b></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk100678609"><i><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">“This is a comedy show like no
other because it’s more than just comedy—it’s a show of revolutionary joy. It’s out of the box, it’s fresh, it’s queer, and it’s unapologetically here.” —Kadijah Wingo<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Kick off
</span></b><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222">Pride early at Cleveland Public Theatre with
</span></b><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/kwingos-comedy-revue/">Kwingo’s Comedy Revue</a></span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">,</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222">
a new comedy show </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222">conceptualized by CPT’s
</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://nnpn.org/">National New Play Network (NNPN)</a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222">
Producer in Residence, Kadijah Wingo (aka Kwingo). The show </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222">features stand-up, sketch comedy, burlesque, drag and music from talented queer folx
out of the Midwest with many based in Northeast Ohio. The show will be performed at Cleveland Public Theatre’s Parish Hall located on the grounds of the theatre (off the parking lot) at 6415 Detroit, Cleveland, OH 44102. Doors open at 9:30pm allowing guests
to enjoy an assortment of specialty beverages. </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Newly added performers include the following:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Debbie Does Drag (Headliner)
</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">NE Ohio’s resident pink nightmare and the current National Miss Comedy Queen 2025. She recently launched Debbie’s Drag Designs
LLC, and her costume creations have been featured on <em><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Camp Wannakiki</span></em>, <em><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">RuPaul’s Drag Race</span></em>, and on stages and venues across the country.</span><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222">Marquis Gaylord (Featured Drag/Burlesque)</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222"> is a Cleveland based diabolical drag divo hailing
from the faraway dungeons of Thotlandia. This delightful little freak is known for his visual storytelling and handcrafted props. With performances inspired by all things that go bump (and hump) in the night, he’s been happily defiling every stage he’s been
on since 2022.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Jo Rou (Featured Sketch Performer)</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">
is a trained performer, writer, improviser, and filmmaker through the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, New York, 2011–2020. She has written and starred in videos that have been featured on
<i>CollegeHumor</i>, <i>Funny or Die</i>, <i>Huffpost</i>, <i>Glamour</i>, and <i>
E! Online</i>. Having worked for <em><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The Onion, SNL,</span></em> and <em><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Jimmy Kimmel Live, </span></em>she now is bringing her offbeat, subversive, and heartfelt
characters to CPT.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Matthew Thompson (Featured Poet/Musician)</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">known as MATTMATT, is a poet. Matthew released his debut mixtape <em><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">FAGGOT RADIO:
The Death Tape</span></em> in 2021. In 2023, he dropped: “LAST 3 DAYS ON RYAN’S COUCH,” “MOM (demo),” and <em><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">PRAY FOR ME</span></em>. Since 2018, he’s produced three films, <em><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">A
Study of Him</span></em>,<em><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> A Love Joke</span></em>, and <em><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Notes on Black Fame</span></em>.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Previously announced featured performers include</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
Kadijah Wingo (aka Kwingo), D’Jaay Brown Johnson, Shrimp Cocktail and Cam Godfrey. Click
<a href="https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/kwingos-comedy-revue/">
here</a> for performer bios. </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0E101A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Ticket And Show Information</span></u></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><br>
<b>Tickets for<i> </i></b></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/kwingos-comedy-revue/"><b><i>Kwingo’s Comedy Revue</i></b></a></span><b><i><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
</span></i></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">can be purchased</span><b><i><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
</span></i></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">through the theatre’s Choose-What-You-Pay policy at
</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.cptonline.org">www.cptonline.org</a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> and
range from $1 to $40 with no handling fees. </span><strong><i><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Presale tickets will be "Choose What You Pay" </span></i></strong><span class="normaltextrun"><i><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">online,
over the phone, and at the box office<b> </b></span></i></span><strong><i><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">until May 30 at 5pm, and after that, tickets will be $10 at
the door. </span></i></strong><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Doors open at 9:30pm and the show starts at 10pm.
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that while The Parish Hall has a wheelchair accessible entrance, bathrooms are currently not accessible.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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