🎉🎱 Bingo, Drag & Good Deeds — HamBINGO for Hell in a Handbag! 👜🌈

🎉🎱 Bingo, Drag & Good Deeds — HamBINGO for Hell in a Handbag! 👜🌈

HAMBINGO FOR HELL IN A HANDBAG @ HAMBURGER MARY'S!

Drag queens, bingo, and a fabulous cause — what more could you want on a Wednesday night?! 🎶✨ Join us for HamBINGO Mary's — Hamburger Mary's legendary weekly Drag Queen Bingo night, this week benefiting Hell in a Handbag Productions, one of Chicago's most beloved LGBTQ+ theater companies! 🎭 Two Chicago favorites in one fabulous night! 💖

👀 Rumor has it some Golden Girls will be in attendance… 🌹👑 Stay tuned!

📍 LOGISTICS
📅 Wednesday, April 22, 2026
⏰ Meet at 6:15 PM | Reservations | Bingo starts 7:00 PM
📍 Hamburger Mary's Chicago — 1055 W. Bryn Mawr Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
👋I have 2 reservations under Giovina Romandine & Rose Luciani

🎱 HOW IT WORKS
💰 ~$20 suggested donation to play — collected directly by the charity
🃏 Donation gets you bingo sheets to play ALL the games!
🏆 Prizes vary week to week depending on the charity
🚫 No cash prizes — Mary's ain't a casino, honey! We play for charity & fun! 😄

🍔 ABOUT HAMBURGER MARY'S
An "open-air bar and grille for open-minded people," Hamburger Mary's is a lively burger bar and drag show destination in the heart of Edgewater — and Chicago is lucky to have her back! 🌈 After 14 years on Clark Street in Andersonville, the beloved LGBTQ+-friendly institution closed in 2020 during the pandemic. After a "brief" five-year hiatus, Hamburger Mary's triumphantly returned to Chicago in July 2025 with a brand new Edgewater location — bringing back familiar faces, favorite menu items, and all the great events fans loved: Dining with the Divas drag shows, charity HamBINGO, Drag Brunch with Bottomless Mimosas, and MaryOke Karaoke. Welcome back, Mary! 👑✨ https://chicago.hamburgermarys.com/

🎭 ABOUT HELL IN A HANDBAG PRODUCTIONS
If you've been with this group for a while, you already know and love these guys — and if you don't, you're in for a treat! 😄 Many of us have seen their hilarious campy productions over the years — Rudolph the Red-Hosed Reindeer 🦌, Facts of Life: Satan School for Girls 😈, and of course the beloved Golden Girls: The Lost Episodes 👑 — just to name a few!

Established in 2002, Hell in a Handbag Productions is committed to preserving, exploring, and celebrating camp, parody, and the ridiculous through a queer lens. The Chicago Reader calls it "The Gold Standard of Camp in Chicago" — and they're not wrong! 🏆
Co-founded by artistic director David Cerda, the company is beloved for its particular brand of pop-culture send-ups — both acerbic parody and loving homage to movies and TV shows embraced by LGBTQ+ audiences. Hits include their wildly popular Golden Girls: The Lost Episodes series, SCARRIE: The Musical, The Birds, Rudolph the Red-Hosed Reindeer, and much more.

Now in their 24th season, Hell in a Handbag performs at their boutique North Center venue, The Clutch, at 4335 N. Western Ave. Tonight's HamBINGO is a wonderful way to support this Chicago treasure! 💖

📅 UPCOMING HAMBINGO CHARITIES:
Wed 4/22 — Hell in a Handbag ⬅️ that's us!
Sun 4/26 — We Are Collective
Wed 4/29 — Break the System Project
Sun 5/3 — PAWS
Wed 5/6 — Tap360 Heath
Sun 5/10 — (No Bingo — Mother's Day Drag Show!)
Wed 5/13 — Dogs on the Go (Hearing Assistance Dogs)
Sun 5/17 — Forever Fortunate Felines
Wed 5/20 — Delta Lambda Phi Chicago Alumni Assoc
Sun 5/24 — Camp Quality IL

🚇 GETTING THERE
🚇 Red Line — Bryn Mawr stop (just steps away!)
🚌 Several CTA bus routes along Broadway & Bryn Mawr
🗺️ CTA Trip Planner: https://www.transitchicago.com/planatrip/

🚗 Street parking available on Bryn Mawr & nearby side streets

📱 Lost or running late? Call/text 312.835.4259

⚠️ NO-SHOW POLICY
😬 3 no-shows without updating your RSVP = 3-month event ban
⏰ Update your RSVP before the event start time; after that, message the host directly
👋 Check in with the host upon arrival
🚫 Continual no-shows = removal from the group