By D'Arcy Drollinger

April 29 – May 15, 2011

EXTENDED BY POPULAR DEMAND! NOW THRU MAY 15

Friday & Saturday at 10pm
Sunday at 5:30pm
Thursday, May 5 at 10pm

A multi-media experience chronicling the life of Lindsay Lohan: actress, singer and tabloid queen. With only found text and images from tabloids, magazines, entertainment TV and Internet gossip sites, Lohan’s arc from Disney starlet to convicted felon is reconstructed in an evocative timeline as both classic myth and Shakespearean tragedy – with surprising and poignant insights into Pop culture, the fragile nature of talent and the people who surround and exploit it.

From starlet to harlot, from hottie to hot mess, from fashion plate to prison inmate, Lindsay Lohan has been the subject of arguably one of the most publicized rise and fall in showbiz history. The youngest person to host the MTV movie awards and earning over 7 million a picture before she turned 18, Lindsay had it all, but her love/hate relationship with the paparazzi played a significant role in her seemingly out-of-control spiral. The money, the fame, the feuds, the media hungry parents, the lesbian lover, the insatiable paparazzi, 5 trips to rehab, two DUI’s, possession of cocaine, shoplifting, physical abuse and even carjacking – all played out in the public eye – will be reinterpreted for the stage.

Is Lindsay Lohan washed up at 24? Or with Google searches on the clothes she wears to court topping the 2011 Egyptian revolution, has she become the ultimate reality celebrity?

Playwright Drollinger, in an over-the-top arresting star-turn will play Lindsay. He/she will be joined by a fanciful cast, including: Clayton Dean Smith, Brandon Olson, Cindy Goldfield, Emily McGowan and Brian Reiss.

D’Arcy Drollinger’s (Playwright / Actor) works include: Scalpel!, The Possession of Mrs. Jones,
Pink Elephants, Above and Beyond the Valley of the Ultra Showgirls, Suburbia 3000, Shit & Champagne and The Cereal Killers. He has also worked as a producer, director and choreographer.

Other credits include: The Producers (first Broadway production), Hairspray the Musical (first Broadway production), Glamour, Glory and Gold (La Mama) and VH1’s Divas 2000 featuring RuPaul. Drollinger is a participant in the BMI Musical Theatre Workshop and a member of the Dramatists Guild of America.

Ben Rimalower (director) directed Joy (Actors Playhouse, Out Magazine: “Top Ten Theatre”), The Fabulous Life of a Size Zero (Daryl Roth/DR2 Theatre), Snoopy! Starring Sutton Foster (Symphony Space), And/or (Hot Festival) and Sodom the Musical (Kraine Theatre) as well as staged readings for Second Stage, The York, Dixon Place and Ensemble Studio Theatre. He conceived and directed Leslie Kritzer is Patti LuPone at Les Mouches (Time Out New York Award) and subsequently produced Sh-K-Boom/Ghostlight Records’ long-awaited recording, Patti LuPone at Les Mouches (#25 on Billboard “Heatseekers” Chart), digitally restored from archival tapes of LuPone’s legendary live 1980 performances. In venues such as Joe’s Pub, Ars Nova, The Zipper Factory, SF’s Plush Room and LA’s Upright Cabaret, Ben has earned the title the “Midas of Cabaret” (The Advocate) helming a slew of solo shows for artists including Alec Mapa, Cole Escola, Our Lady J, Natalie Joy Johnson, Lindsey Alley, Molly Pope, Wendy Ho, John Hill, Scott Nevins, Kate Pazakis and Lance Horne in addition to producing and hosting the Laurie Beechman Theatre’s recurring variety show, Saturday Night Underground. In 2011, he has directed the premiere of Rachel Shukert and Michael Schulman’s You Like Me, An Evening of Classic Award Acceptance Speeches and Paul Iacono’s Prince/Elizabeth. Ben writes the column, The New Old Gay for akawilliam.com and is working on his first solo performance piece, recently chronicled in The New York Times feature, “The Impresario Who’s Keeping the ’80s Spirit Alive Downtown.” Assistant Director credits include Lonny Price’s productions of A Class Act (Manhattan Theatre Club, Broadway and Tokyo) and A Little Night Music (starring Patti LuPone, George Hearn and Zoe Caldwell) as well as the Emmy-winning Sweeney Todd. Ben studied Theatre Arts at U.C. Berkeley where he was the founding Artistic Director of BareStage (now celebrating its 15^th anniversary).