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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/"><b><span style="color:#467886">cleveland
PUBLIC theatre</span></b></a><b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Presents
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><i><span lang="EN" style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/kwingos-comedy-revue/"><span style="color:#467886">Kwingo’s
Comedy Revue</span></a></span></i></b><b><i><u><span lang="EN" style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#467886;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Conceived by Kadijah Wingo (aka Kwingo)
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><i><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Cleveland Scene</span></i><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none"> 2023
Nominee for “Best Local Comedian.”</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><a name="_Hlk100678609"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">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;line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk100678609"><i><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">“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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What You Pay</span></u></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk100678609"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none"> until 5pm today!
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</span></b><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-ligatures:none">Pride early at Cleveland Public Theatre with
</span></b><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/kwingos-comedy-revue/"><span style="color:#467886">Kwingo’s Comedy Revue</span></a></span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">,</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-ligatures:none">
a new comedy show conceptualized by CPT’s<b> </b></span><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://nnpn.org/"><span style="color:#467886">National New Play Network (NNPN)</span></a></span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-ligatures:none">
Producer in Residence, Kadijah Wingo (aka Kwingo). The show 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.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">The Line-up includes the following:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Kadijah Wingo (aka Kwingo), Debbie Does Drag, Marquis Gaylord, Cam Godfrey, D’Jaay Brown Johnson,
</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Jo Rou,
</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Shrimp Cocktail</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none"> and
</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Matthew Thompson. Click
<b><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/kwingos-comedy-revue/"><span style="color:#467886">here</span></a></b> for performer bios.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0E101A;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Tickets for<i> </i></b><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/kwingos-comedy-revue/"><b><i><span style="color:#467886">Kwingo’s Comedy Revue</span></i></b></a><b><i>
</i></b>can be purchased<b><i> </i></b>through the theatre’s Choose-What-You-Pay policy at
<b><a href="http://www.cptonline.org/"><span style="color:#467886">www.cptonline.org</span></a></b> and range from $1 to $40 with no handling fees.
</span><b><i><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Presale tickets will be "Choose What You Pay" </span></i></b><i><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">online,
over the phone, and at the box office<b> until May 30 at 5pm, and after that, tickets will be $10 at the door.
</b></span></i><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Doors open at 9:30pm and the show starts at 10pm.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Kwingo’s Comedy Revue in the news:
</span></b><a href="https://www.ideastream.org/arts-culture/2025-05-29/cleveland-public-theatre-brings-variety-unscripted-shows-to-the-stage-this-season"><span style="color:blue">Cleveland Public Theatre brings variety, unscripted shows to the stage this season
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