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Miss Coco Peru special guest performance at Damn These Heels Queer Film Festival

Damn These Heels is thrilled to welcome a special guest, Miss Coco Peru, to Salt Lake City, Utah, for the Festival’s 20th anniversary celebration!

With 33 years in the business as a working drag queen, Miss Coco Peru is bringing all the fabulousness to Salt Lake City, performing an evening of inspired storytelling and song at Damn These Heels Queer Film Festival, followed by a Q&A with the audience on Friday, October 13th at 7 p.m. at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center.

Miss Coco Peru (aka Clinton Leupp) has been a household name in the LGBTQ+ community for over 30 years. Coco got her start in the early 90’s as a downtown favorite in NYC’s cabaret world. Since then, Coco has received worldwide acclaim for her award-winning solo shows and has enjoyed an expansive career in film, television, and digital work.

TV: Dead End: Paranormal Park (Netflix), Will and Grace (recurring role), How I Met Your Mother, Arrested Development, and two stand-up comedy specials on LOGO.

Film: Trick, To Wong Foo, and the cult classic Girls Will Be Girls.

Digital: Madame Coco Knows (LOGO), Casa Coco (a monthly streaming show during COVID lockdown), and her YouTube videos with over 13 million views.

Get your tickets at: https://damntheseheels.org/event/dth-2023-special-guest-miss-coco-peru/

Reserved VIP Seats with Meet & Greet will include a ticket to a pre-event Meet & Greet with Miss Coco Peru.

Featuring an in-person Q&A between Festival Programming Director, Jade Velasquez, and Miss Coco Peru after the performance. Local Queen, Sequoia, is the opening act.

Date & Time

October 13, 2023

7:00PM

Location

Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center - 138 W 300 S , Salt Lake City, UT, 84101 138 W 300 S Salt Lake City 84101 UT US

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