Alison Garrigan aka Alison Hernan[1] (born September 1958) is an American actress, singer, and costume designer, the daughter of actors Jonathan and Jo Farwell. She is well known for playing both male and female roles.
Alison Garrigan | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 1958 (age 65–66) |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, singer, costume designer |
Career
editShe has performed in gothic/industrial bands as well and has a cabaret/nightclub act with Michael Seevers called Torch.[2] She is a self-described "goth-punk vampire bat".[3] She and co-writer/guitarist Dennis Yurich reformed their Goth/Steampunk band "Queue Up" in 2008.[1]
She appeared in David Hansen's I Hate This.[4]
She is married, mother of a grown up son, and is openly bisexual.[3][5]
She played Dr. Frank-N-Furter in Cleveland Public Theatre's Christmas production of "The Rocky Horror Show" in 2006, having previously played the part of Janet.[6]
In January 2007 she starred in Ms. Adventures, 'a one-woman safari through the American gender jungle' by Michael Sepesy.[7] The show was revived in 2008.[8]
In December 2007 she appeared in the musical Pulp. Of her part it was said, "It's Alison Garrigan's Viviane, however, that dominates. The constantly employed Garrigan, whether in musical or straight parts, never fails to impress"[9] and "[Garrigan] slinks around in a gown (she's also the costume designer) in a way sure to excite folks of any sexual orientation.".[10] About her part in The Breakup Notebook: The Lesbian Musical in February 2008 it was said, "At the peak of comic perfection, Alison Garrigan etches out a nervous lesbian with bisexual pretensions".[11]
Roles
editMale
- Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Show[6]
- Yitzhak in Hedwig and the Angry Inch
- Cassius in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
- Earl of Kent in King Lear[12][13]
Female
- Zillah in Bright Room Called Day
- Morgan le Fey in Discordia
- Elaine in The Dying Gaul
- Delilah Strict in Zombie Prom
- Mazeppa in Gypsy
- Miss Delilah Strict in Zombie Prom
- The occult tattoo artist in Rinde Eckert's opera Highway Ulysses
- Susan in The Secretaries
- Hester Salomon in Equus[14]
- Viviane in the musical Pulp[15]
- Mrs. Lovett in "Sweeney Todd"
Directing credits
edit- Antony and Cleopatra[16]
- The Alice Seed (Cleveland Public Theater)
- Kill Will (Cleveland Public Theater and Minnesota Fringe Festival)
- And Then You Die (Cleveland Public Theater and New York Fringe Festival)
- Othello (Bad Epitaph Theater Company)
- The Vampyres (Cleveland Public Theater)
- Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Yurich Productions)
References
edit- ^ a b Queue Up (September 22, 2008). "Alison Hernan goes Goth again". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
- ^ Cleveland Cabaret Project. (July 24, 2007) "Performer's Biographies". Retrieved September 7, 2016.[dead link] Cached by Google. Retrieved July 31, 2007.
- ^ a b Northeast Ohio. "Interview Accessed 5 November 2006". The Plain Dealer. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
- ^ I Hate This Archived July 5, 2007, at the Wayback Machine Play Website. Retrieved July 31, 2007.
- ^ "A little salty, instead of sweet". www.gaypeopleschronicle.com. Retrieved January 10, 2007.[title missing]
- ^ a b The Plain Dealer's Art Staff. (November 30, 2006) It’s a ‘Time Warp’ weekend Archived December 18, 2007, at the Wayback Machine The Plain Dealer. Retrieved July 31, 2007.
- ^ "Big [BOX] returns to Cleveland Public Theatre – Cleveland Public Theatre – Cleveland, Ohio". Pluggedincleveland.com. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
- ^ Pavlish Group: Jason Maxwell / Don Pavlish (April 12, 2008). "CPT Ms. Adventures". Cptonline.org. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
- ^ "The Cleveland Free Times :: Arts :: Girls' Night Outted". Retrieved December 27, 2007.
- ^ "Two Cleveland theaters offer a break from holiday overkill, with varied success - Cleveland Arts News & Reviews from the Plain Dealer". Archived from the original on December 13, 2007. Retrieved December 27, 2007. retrieved December 27, 2007
- ^ "Daughters Of Lesbos, Keith A. Joseph, The Cleveland Free Times, published & retrieved February 27th, 2008". Archived from the original on May 11, 2008. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
- ^ Jack, Carolyn. (July 19, 2006) Fatal flaw in this ‘King Lear’ was staging it in the wrong place Archived October 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine The Plain Dealer. Retrieved July 31, 2007.
- ^ Howey, Christine. (July 19, 2006) Family Feud Archived September 26, 2007, at the Wayback Machine Cleveland Scene. Retrieved July 31, 2007.
- ^ Heller, Fran. ‘Equus’ treated to awesome production at Beck Cleveland Jewish News. Retrieved July 31, 2007.
- ^ "'Pulp' at CPT is laugh-out-loud funny". www.clevelandjewishnews.com. December 6, 2007. Retrieved December 27, 2007.
- ^ Free Shakespeare in Cleveland Archived July 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine,
External links
edit- ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’ a stellar Beck production Review in Cleveland Jewish News.