Amazing Cast Revealed for Drag Bingo 2024 in Owensboro, KY
The cast is set for Drag Bingo 2024 at the Owensboro Convention Center. This will be the fourth year of what has become one of the most popular and fastest-selling annual fundraisers in town. This year's event is set for 8pm on Saturday, June 29th and tickets are set to go on sale on Monday, April 15th at 10am CDT. If you've tried to purchase tickets for this event before, you know the drill. They'll go fast and if you want 'em, you gotta get them quickly.
MEET THE CAST
This year's cast features four incredibly popular drag queens- three of whom have New York City ties.
PIETRA PARKER (The Goddess of Rio)
Pietra Parker is the stage name of Doug Gam. She is a drag queen, performer and host, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and now based in New York City.
Pietra is inspired by the glamorous and empowered Latina women from Brazil. She started performing in August of 2018 and has quickly become one of the most popular hostesses in New York City. She has performed with the legendary Brazilian Drag Queen Pabllo Vittar and Brazilian comedian Whindersson Nunes.
Pietra's rise in the NYC drag ranks was virtually meteoric. Just a year after embarking on her drag career, she won the 2019 Drag Wars All Stars, a competition held at Pieces Bar in Manhattan. That competition is hosted by the legendary Shequida Hall. The same year, she also won the Ultimate Drag Pageant hosted by Marti Cummings.
It was also in 2019 that Pietra performed on the main stage of RuPaul’s DragCon NYC.
Pietra Parker has performed in the main clubs around NYC. Currently, she is the creator and hostess of the Latin Drag Show "Reinas", which is held every Friday night at Hush Bar in Hell's Kitchen - one of the most famous clubs in Manhattan.
In her own words, “Pietra Parker is sweet, kind, smart and sexy. She likes to give life to all of her performances and to make sure that everyone is having a great time and being entertained.”
Pietra will be joined at Drag Bingo in Owensboro by her good friend and Reinas costar, Fonda!
FONDA K
Eric Dorsa is a National LGBTQ+ Mental Health Advocate and Activist. They are the host of "Speaking Out Loud", a social media series with the Eating Recovery Center and Pathlight Mood & Anxiety Center.
Eric is an LGBTQ activist, actor, comedian, and drag queen currently living in New York City. As an advocate for the LGBTQ community, Eric shares their experiences of mental health, coming out as a gay and non-binary person, and their recovery from trauma. Eric has been featured on Texas Public Radio's "Worth Repeating", the Mental Note Podcast "Drag Queen Wisdom", Huffington Post Queer Voices, and has given an award-winning 2014 TEDx Talk entitled "How Dressing in Drag Made Me Uncover My Authentic Self."
You can read more about Eric's inspiring and beautiful journey HERE!
SALEM VYTCH-TRYLLS
May O’Nays is a Louisville-based queen that will sing, act, and cook her way into your heart. She’s like the Martha Stewart of drag, with more makeup and fewer felonies. Look out for May’s newest one-“woman” cabaret show “Won’t You Be My May-bor?” coming to a city in Kentucky near you in 2024. The show, a partnership with Actors Theatre of Louisville, is inspired by the work and legacy of Mister Rogers.
May O'Nays is the creation of Andrew Schaftlein, who's become an important voice in the recent anti-drag movement here in Kentucky. You can read about and be inspired by Andrew's activism HERE.
Find May on Instagram @themayonays.
HOW TO GET DRAG BINGO TICKETS
Tickets for DRAG BINGO 2024 (presented by CherriCare) go on sale on Monday, April 15th at 10am CDT. Tables are available at three different price points: $1000 (VIP), $750 (Tier II) and $500 (Tier III). Individual tickets are $62.50 (plus taxes and fees). Tickets will be available at OwensboroTickets.com.
*Must be 21+ to attend
This year's Drag Bingo event will feature a brand new meet-and-greet opportunity with all of the queens. From 6:30pm to 7:30pm, ticket holders are invited to enjoy fun photo opportunities in specially-designed 'selfie' stations inspired by each of our cast members. Each participating queen will have her very own photo op designed by Something Borrowed. Round up your friends and snap a photo. Photos are just $10 a piece; half of which gets tipped to the drag queen and the other half benefits the efforts of New Beginnings.
WHAT IS NEW BEGINNINGS?
All proceeds from Drag Bingo 2024 ticket sales will benefit New Beginnings Sexual Assault Support Services, which serves victims of sexual crimes in Daviess and surrounding counties. New Beginnings offers educational programs and free therapy for child and adult victims of sexual assault and rape.
To learn more about New Beginnings and the important work the agency is doing here in western Kentucky, visit the agency's official website.
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