Ms. Pat at the Rhythm City Casino Resort Event Center -- August 21.
Friday, August 21, 8 p.m.
Rhythm City Casino Resort Event Center, 7077 Elmore Avenue, Davenport IA
Lauded by the Washington Post as "unforgiving and darkly hilarious" and the New York Times as "brutally honest and outrageous," comedian, author, podcast host, and actor Patricia Williams - better known by her stage moniker Ms. Pat - returns to Davenport's Rhythm City Casino Resort Rhythm Room on August 21, the headliner beloved as the star of the Emmy-nominated The Ms. Pat Show and new web series Whiskin’ It All.
A native of Atlanta, Ms. Pat performed her first standup in that city in 2002, and four years later, her career as a comic elevated after moving to Indianapolis with her husband, where she improved her comedic skills at the well-known comedy club Morty's. Following years of local and traveling sets, she participated in the ninth season of NBC's Last Comic Standing in 2015, and went on to appear on popular shows and podcasts hosted by Marc Maron, Joe Rogan, Eddie Ifft, Bert Kreischer, Joey "CoCo" Diaz, Bobby Lee, and Ari Shaffir. A frequent guest talent on radio's Bob & Tom Show, Ms. Pat released her first stand-up album Rabbit in 2017, and the next year, she appeared in Netflix's stand-up series The Degenerates. In 2022, Netflix also released her hour-long comedy special Ms. Pat: Y'all Wanna Hear Something Crazy?
Ms. Pat's multi-cam sitcom The Ms. Pat Show premiered on BET+ in 2021 and was picked up for a second season within weeks, with Decider lauding "The Ms. Pat Show is bound to be one of the year's notable new comedies" and Essence gushing "Ms. Pat is headed for the comedy stratosphere." Based on events from her own life, the series tells of a former convicted felon turned suburban mom whose hustle and resilient spirit was forged on the streets of Atlanta. She and her family now find themselves in conservative middle America, and after the pilot episode aired, iconic TV producer Norman Lear loved it so much that he reached out to Ms. Pat personally to meet with her. In July, The Ms. Pat Show received its fourth Primetime Emmy Award nomination for directing, the series was recently renewed for its sixth season (to air on Paramount+), and so many fans tried to access the January 7 premiere of season five, the BET+ app itself crashed.
A writer as well as an on-screen entertainer, her NAACP Image Award-nominated memoir Rabbit: The Autobiography of Ms. Pat inspired Publishers Weekly to rave that "Williams displays self-deprecating humor in her book's dramatic moments, and she bares her soul throughout this inspiring, page-turning narrative." USA Today, meanwhile, extolled, "Somehow she's managed to pull hilarity out of heartache. And when you are done laughing, you rejoice, her final words ringing in your ears." Ms. Pat's highly anticipated second book Ms. American Dream is set to be released on September 29, and the artist, who famously can’t cook, just launched her cooking web series Whiskin’ It All, in which she invites award winning chefs, friends, and family into her home kitchen to teach her their favorite recipes. Episodes are available at @MsPatComedyChannel on YouTube, while season three of her comedic, arbitration-based reality court show Ms. Pat Settles It is also currently airing on BET.
Ms. Pat brings her tour to Davenport's Event Center on August 21, admission to the 8 p.m. show is $20-70, and more information and tickets are available by calling (563)328-8000 and visiting RhythmCityCasino.com.
