Donnie

Darcelle Donnie

Re-edited in 2021, this book is part of The Darcelle Project which was awarded the 2021 Oregon Heritage Excellence Award. Guinness Book world record holder as the oldest drag queen performer, Walter W Cole aka Darcelle's complete story is being told in this book. Unlike his first book "Just Call Me Darcelle" this book delves deeper into his story from his birth through to when he purchased a skid-row tavern turned lesbian bar, turned drag club is to be thought of as the only full-time/continuous drag club in the US - since the closing of Finocchio's in San Francisco in the 1990s. Written by Donnie/Don Horn who wrote a musical entitled Darcelle: That's No Lady which premiered in Portland, Oregon on September 19, 2019, to rave reviews, He is the founder/producer of triangle productions! a live performance theatre, and author of 16 other books including Gracie, Agapi Mou, and musicals such as Ari/Maria, '69 the sexual revolution, Gracie-a musical adventure.