Playing bingo for laughs

the River Campus will host the traveling comedy stylings of two men in drag. "The Queen of Bingo" will start at 7:30 p.m. in the Donald C. Bedell Performance Hall located in the Cultural Arts Center.
Shane Partlow and Rowan Joseph play Sis and Babe, two women that are well over-the-hill, looking for a good time and settling on bingo. The show gets interactive when the sisters give away a 10-pound turkey to a member of the audience during a real bingo game.
Bob Cerchio, assistant director at the River Campus, said while sifting through a cabinet full of potential shows, "The Queen of Bingo" appealed to him instantly. Cerchio said the show was booked through Mainstage management out of St. Louis because of its light comedy and the small cast's ability to "fly in and out [of Cape Girardeau] easily."
Shane Partlow hails from Los Angeles, where he has had parts in Superzeros, The Sunshine Boys and Shane & Rowan's Late Nite Sideshow. He has also appeared on several television shows including, "Will and Grace," "Gilmore Girls," and "iCarly," as well as doing commercials for Coke, Heinz Ketchup, Covergirl, and the Food Network.
Rowan Joseph has appeared in off-Broadway productions of "The Time of Your Life," "Children of the Sun," and "The Queen of Bingo." In the city of angels he has been in "An Evening With Jack Klugman," and co-stars on "Shane & Rowan's Late Nite Sideshow." Television viewers might recognize him from guest roles on "Gilmore Girls," "Arrest & Trial," and "Boston Legal."
The Las Vegas Review-Journal says, "You don't have to be tuned into the Bingo culture to have enjoyed the touring comedy, 'The Queen of Bingo!'... Partlow and Joseph not only turned in first-rate performances, but complemented each other as well. You saw them as two distinctive women; never as men in drag...You could tell where the bingo fanatics were sitting. Certain areas of the theater rang nearly non-stop with guffaws."
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