TONIGHT: Philly drag queens investigate murder

The unambiguously queer duo Lance Pawling and Messapotamia Lefae transform Napoleon Gallery into a funeral parlor for a fun night of "Whodunnit, bitch?"

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TONIGHT: Philly drag queens investigate murder

POSTED: Friday, December 14, 2012, 10:00 AM

Filed Under: LGBTQ

Everyone expects death at a funeral home, but nobody foresaw the untimely demise of funeral director William Raymond O'Reilly himself. Perhaps he was murdered at the hands of his wife or underneath one of his many mistresses. Hell, the ol' bloke probably inhaled a few too many cheesesteaks and Tastykakes. No one knows for sure, but the unambiguously queer duo of Lance Pawling (pictured, left) and Messapotamia Lefae will be hot on the case at tonight's performance of The Bereaved.

Pawling and Messy Lefae have transformed the Napoleon Gallery (319 N. 11th St.) from an exhibition space for static art to an interactive funeral home. Beginning at 6 p.m. and continuing every 20 minutes, the two will engage in a series of 7-minute whodunnits with the promise that no two acts will be alike. With the sartorial wit of Lefae coupled with Pawling's indisputable talent for avant-garde installation art, expect this performance from these Dumpsta Player vets to be somewhere between grotesque comedy and campy melodrama. Dress in your best mourning garb or risk death for standing out like a loser.

(andrew.wimer@citypaper.net) (@androokangaroo)

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