Alison Garrigan

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Alison Garrigan
BornSeptember 1958 (age 65–66)
Occupation(s)Actor, singer, costume designer

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.

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Career

She 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

Male

Female

Directing credits

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References

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  2. ↑ Cleveland Cabaret Project. (July 24, 2007) "Performer's Biographies" . Retrieved September 7, 2016.[ dead link ] Cached by Google. Retrieved July 31, 2007.
  3. 1 2 Northeast Ohio. "Interview Accessed 5 November 2006". The Plain Dealer. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
  4. ↑ I Hate This Archived July 5, 2007, at the Wayback Machine Play Website. Retrieved July 31, 2007.
  5. ↑ "A little salty, instead of sweet". www.gaypeopleschronicle.com. Retrieved January 10, 2007.[ title missing ]
  6. 1 2 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.
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  8. ↑ Pavlish Group: Jason Maxwell / Don Pavlish (April 12, 2008). "CPT Ms. Adventures". Cptonline.org. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
  9. ↑ "The Cleveland Free Times :: Arts :: Girls' Night Outted" . Retrieved December 27, 2007.
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