03/17/08

FOR RELEASE: IMMEDIATE
CONTACT: TAMARA PETTIT
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONS
304-387-8335(OFFICE) 304-479-8097(CELL)

CHESTER,WV – Comedian Quentin Heggs will headline the March 26th Comedy Club show at Mountaineer Casino Racetrack, & Resort.

Born in New York City, Heggs is a rising star making a name for himself on the national comedy club circuit. He has been the opening act for Regis Philbin, Boyz II Men, and other star comedy headliners across the country including Tommy Davidson, Rosie O’Donnell, Tim Allen and Ray Romano.

On July 26th, 2000, Heggs was honored by Regis Philbin at ABC on “Live with Regis and Kathie Lee”. Philbin introduced Quentin “Q” Heggs to 30 million people with these words.

“ In the audience today is a gentlemen who is our warm-up man on the “Millionaire Show” and believe me, because the show is on tape, there are many stop-downs and this guy goes out every time and knocks people dead. I swear to you, one he will be the next Eddie Murphy… “Q”,stand up and take a bow”

Since that time, Heggs has become a veteran TV studio audience warm-up comedian, having worked on over a dozen television shows, including 4 years with “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire”, 2 years with “Tough Crowd With Colin Quinn”,3 seasons with “Stump The Schwab”,2 seasons with “Isaac” and various other productions for “The Game Show Network”, “ESPN”, “Comedy Central”, “ABC” and “HBO”. He is always in high demand.

A master of dialects and facial expressions, Heggs is brilliantly funny and charismatic, having appeared in national commercials for Subway, Ford Trucks, Verizon, Hasbro, AT&T and Burger King. Packing his charm and phenomenal range of talents, Quentin “Q” Heggs is definitely on the move.

Tickets for the show, which begins at 7:30 p.m. and is located in the Grande Ballroom, are $20 and can be purchased at any Ticketmaster location or on site at the Downtown Speakeasy Frequent Player Department.