Compelling ‘Just Call Me Darcelle’ reveals man behind Portland’s legendary drag queen

oregonlive.com – By Grant Butler, The Oregonian

It’s amazing to consider the sorts of changes Walter Cole has seen in Oregon in his nearly eight decades of life. He went from a shy, quiet boy growing up in Linnton, where he coped with the untimely death of his mother and abuse from his father, to becoming Portland’s most-celebrated drag queen.

That journey is the heart of Cole’s autobiographical one-man show, “Just Call Me Darcelle,” which played a sold-out series of performances last year, and returned for month-long spring run Sunday at The Darcelle XV Showplace…