The Rocky HOrror Show
2024
Virtual Program
Oasis Arts x Ray of Light Theatre Present
THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW
Directed by Jason Hoover
Assistant Directed by Joshua Beld
Choreography by Dane Andres
Stage Management by Taylor Oliva + Aaron Mills
Costumes by Daniel Harvey
Prop Design by Evian
Music Design - Ben Prince
Lighting Design by Sophia Craven
Lead Audio Engineer - Jules Indelicato
QLAB + Assistant Sound Design - Jerry Girard
Audio Engineer - Breezy Bratton
Sound Assistant - Theodore Neeno
Production Management / Lights + Crafts by Maxx Kurzunski
Wigs by Laundra Tyme
Video Projections + Graphics by Pseuda
Filmed Scenes by Richard Neveu
Meet The Cast
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D'Arcy Drollinger (FRANK-N-FURTER)
D’Arcy Drollinger is the appointed San Francisco Drag Laureate, the first ever position of its kind in the world. D’Arcy is an actor, writer, director, choreographer, producer and entrepreneur. Drollinger is the owner and artistic director of OASIS, voted San Francisco's best nightclub/cabaret. D’Arcy has written over a dozen original works, including: Bitch Slap, Temple of Poon and Disastrous, as well as the web series Hot Trash. Drollinger’s first feature film, Shit & Champagne, became an instant cult classic and is now streaming on Hulu. D’Arcy is the executive director of San Francisco-based nonprofit, Oasis Arts, dedicated to providing access and resources to LGBTQIA+ artists. Other credits include: The Producers (first Broadway production), and Hairspray the Musical (first Broadway production). Drollinger is the creator of Sexitude™, the body-positive, age-positive, sex-positive dance experience based in San Francisco.
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Snaxx (COLUMBIA)
Snaxx (she /her) is thrilled to return for her 3rd time warp in the annual production of The Rocky Horror Show as Columbia. Snaxx was recently seen onstage in Oasis' her role of Neve Sidney in SQREAM. Snaxx is basically part of the furniture at Oasis, working both onstage and offstage / behind the scenes as Oasis' booking & marketing manager. She's also plays the role of DRESSER for The Golden Girls LIVE - The Christmas Episodes. Snaxx won Heklina’s Star Search Pageant in 2019, and was a finalist in Alaska's Drag Queen of the Year 2023 pageant, winning Best Talent for her performance. Love, pizza, and rainbows!
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trixxie carr (MAGENTA)
trixxie carr is a subculture celebrity who plays with iconography and myth, and is one of the first drag performers to be celebrated for their unabashed femininity and shameless womanhood, beginning her illustrious career at the infamous "Tshack" at The Stud. Always pushing boundaries and defying assumptions, her politically subversive drag created a shockwave, and she continues to flaunt her individuality, refusing to conform to preconceived standards and expectations. trixxie has performed internationally and nationally, has been on the stage of almost every venue in San Francisco from The Stud to The Warfield, and her original music can be found on trixxiecarr.bandcamp.com and all of the many streaming platforms. A www.trixxiecarr.com
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Joe Greene (RIFF RAFF)
Joe Greene (He/Him) Riff Raff, is excited to be back with Ray of Light and Oasis in Rocky Horror. Joe has appeared in many productions throughout the US, including a successful Off-Broadway solo show The Vicky Boofont Show! as his alter ego, Vicky Boofont. He studied extensively at UCB, The Comedy Store and most recently at the San Francisco Comedy College. Joe has been seen on America’s Got Talent, Watch What Happens Live! with Andy Cohen, RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 4 – for a brief second, and was featured in Richard Simmons last exercise video. When not on stage, Joe loves hanging with his Novio and his best friend Winston. He also had 5th Row Center for The Blonde Ambition Tour.
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Lisa Frankenstein (JANET)
Lisa Frankenstein is the Eyes of San Francisco, The Muse of the Bay, and the Nightmare Fuel you can't stop watching. You may recognize them from such productions as SQREAM (2022, 2024), Select Thine Own Journey (2023), We build Houses Here (2023), Harriet Poofter (2022), and Star Trek LIVE (2022). They can often be seen co-hosting Princess with Kochina Rude every Saturday at Oasis.
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Julio Chavez (BRAD)
Julio Chavez (he/him) is excited to be back with Ray of Light Theatre x OASIS, where he was last seen as Brad in the 2021 production of The Rocky Horror Show. Credits: Shakespeare in Something Rotten!, Lee Harvey Oswald in Assassins (Hillbarn Theatre), Usnavi in In the Heights (Custom Made), McDermott in the West Coast premiere of American Psycho (Ray of Light Theatre), Wolf in Into the Woods (Woodminster). Julio would like to thank his wife Jill and his family for their loving support. “Los amo de aquí al infinito!”
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Kipp Glass (ROCKY)
Kipp is thrilled to return to ROLT as Rocky for the 3rd time. He recently played Richard Bailey in Kinky Boots and Patrick Bateman in American Psycho the Musical. He has also been featured in Netflix movie “Always be my Maybe” and HBO’s Looking. Kipp plays guitar, bass and piano and is a full time real estate agent in San Francisco Www.kippatvanguardproperties.com
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Albert Hodge (EDDIE)
ALBERT HODGE (He/Him) is thrilled to be returning to the roles of Eddie & Dr. Scott here at Oasis for the third time. He was last seen as Juan Peron in EVITA (SF Playhouse). He also just finished a run as understudy for Thought 4 in the first national tour of A STRANGE LOOP (American Conservatory Theater/Center Theater Group). Other recent credits include: Mr. Bones in THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS (42nd Street Moon), Pierre Bezukhov in the West Coast premiere of NATASHA, PIERRE, AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 (Shotgun Players), Narrator in PASSING STRANGE (Shotgun), and Tom Collins in RENT (Landmark Musical Theatre). He is proud to have been a member of the final cast of Steve Silver’s BEACH BLANKET BABYLON after 20 years with the longest-running musical review in the world.
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Ryan Patrick Welsh (Narrator)
Ryan Patrick (RP) Welsh (he/she/they) aka The 8th Best Legs in San Francisco, is enchanted to return to the Oasis stage with The Rocky Horror Show! RP has performed extensively in SF for the last 8 years with The SF Neo-Futurists, Peaches Christ Productions, Panto in the Presidio, and Baloney, San Francisco's Gay All-Male Revue. RP was one of two of Oasis Art's Innagural Artists in Residence which helped them to continue developing their 'one-woman' show, Sex, Camp, Rock 'N Roll, which will play at Shotgun Theatre on December 5th, 18th & 19th. You can also catch them at The Academy on November 10th for an intimate cabaret called 'The Shape of Things'. Keep Abreast of SF's 8th Best Here!
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EM (USHERETTE)
Em (They/Them) is a drag performer, musical theater artist, clown, costume designer and educator. Born and raised in San Francisco, they are affectionately known as “Wem Wem” in the Bay Area performing arts scene. Em has performed with countless theaters and performance communities around the Bay Area, and made their debut as the Usherette during Ray of Light Theatre’s final year of Rocky Horror at the Victoria Theater in 2019. They have been shaking their booty in the role at Oasis with their drag family ever since.
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Cheetah Biscotti (Phantom)
Cheetah Biscotti (she / they) is a staple of the Bay Area performing arts scene. They are well known within the Oasis community for their appearances in The Rocky Horror Show (2023), Sqream (2022), Buffy The Vampire Slayer (2021) as the Dancing Demon, and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (2023) as Ashley Banks. Cheetah was recently titled Best Burlesque of the Bay Runner-Up. They are everyone's favorite clown, drag, royalty, dancer, actor, singer and performance artist extraordinaire. Be sure to catch Cheetah at HEXSF, Moist, Princess or Reparations!
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Katy Deines (Phantom)
Katy (she/her) is thrilled to be returning to Frank’s dungeon for the second year! She frequents her favorite spot in San Francisco, Oasis, as a gogo dancer and cabaret singer, and performs around the city at various local events. After studying with Anaheim Ballet, Katy has performed, choreographed, and competed with dance, choir, and theater companies across the country. Some of her favorite credits include Heathers (ensemble), Fiddler on the Roof (Chava), A Chorus Line (Linda/Dance Captain), Hairspray (Brenda) and Napoli with The Royal Danish Ballet. Katy graduated from UC Santa Barbara in 2022 and works in public relations full time.
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Zach Isen (Phantom)
Zachary Isen is astounded to be returning to the Oasis stage for his second time as a phantom in this immersive production of Rocky Horror. Bay Area born and raised, he most recently appeared as Hanschen in Ray of Lights production of Spring Awakening. Other favorite roles include, an Angel in Kinky Boots (Ray of Light), ensemble in Assassins and Albert in Newsies (Hillbarn Theatre), Bobby in Cabaret (San Francisco Playhouse), Bobby in A Chorus Line (Sierra Repertory Theatre), Lumiere in Beauty and the Beast, and Riff in West Side Story (Mountain Play). Zachary holds a BFA in drama from New York University Tisch School of the Arts.
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Julien Gussman (Phantom)
Julien (they/he) is grateful to be returning to Rocky for their second year! They graduated from Santa Clara University with a degree in Theatre Arts, with Minors in Musical Theatre and Anthropology. Previous credits include A Year With Frog and Toad (BACT), Anne Egerman in A Little Night Music (SBMT), Tracy Turnblad in Hairspray (Stage1), Yellow Girl in Shout (SBMT) Martha Dunnstock in Heathers (PSP), and Ensemble in Head Over Heels (Berkeley Playhouse). Enjoy the show!
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River Bermudez Sanchez (Phantom)
River (they/them) is a multi-disciplinary Bay Area theatre artist who has worked extensively in the Bay Area. Recent work includes Hillbarn Theatre’s Assassins (Ensemble), and Hillbarn Conservatory’s Head Over Heels (Choreographer). Other credits: first ever staged reading of Justin P. Lopez’ The Re-Education of Fernando Morales (Townhall Theatre, Director), and SFBATCO’s reading of Every Saturday Night (Stage Manager). They are the author of an award-winning thesis that explores the ways Latiné theatre artists advocate for equity in the theatre industry. They are deeply invested in creating theatre that openly challenges white supremacy culture in content and process. Emerson BFA Musical Theatre ’20.
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Mudd the Two Spirit (Columbia US)
Description goes hereMudd is a Two-Spirit, BiPoc/Latinx,Deaf/HoH drag performer. Mudd is a core part of the drag parties “Princess” every Saturday and “Reparations” every 2nd Friday at Oasis nightclub in SF.
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Jason Hoover - Director
Jason Hoover (Director) is the former Artistic Director for Ray of Light Theatre and one of the creative minds behind both The Rocky Horror Show and Sqream at Oasis. Additional selected directing credits include: American Psycho, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Little Shop of Horrors, Silence the Musical and Carrie the Musical. As always, Jason would like to thank his parents for their support and the Nolan's for their couch.
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Joshua Beld - Assistant Director
Joshua Beld graduated from SFSU in 2010 with a Bachelors of Music in Classical Vocal Performance. Since moving to the Bay Area in 2006, he has been fortunate to work with many performance companies ranging from opera to burlesque and everything in between. His recent show credits include playing Albin/Zsa Zsa in La Cage Aux Folles, the Emcee in Cabaret, Dawn Summers in Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Musical, Luis Carruthers in American Psycho, Mr. Hardwick/Mr. Bradley/Ashley/Nick/Johnny/Tim in Debbie Does Dallas the Musical, and 6 male roles in Oasis' production of Sex and the City, Live! which earned him a TBA nomination for Best Featured Performer in a Specialty Performance.
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Ben Prince - Music Designer
Ben Prince (Music Director/Arranger) has music directed roughly 20 shows for ROLT since 2005. Some of his personal favorites have been Heathers, Carrie, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Jerry Springer: The Opera. Other Bay Area theatre companies for which Ben has music-directed include SF Playhouse (Dogfight), Center REP (Altar Boyz), New Conservatory Theatre Centre (Avenue Q, On a Clear Day...), 42nd Street Moon (DuBarry Was a Lady) and Woodminster Summer Musicals (Catch Me If You Can). Sunday nights and Friday early evenings you can catch him playing at Martuni's piano bar in SF. http://www.benprincemusic.com.
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Taylor Oliva - Stage Manager
Taylor Oliva (she/her) is thrilled to be headed to Frank’s Place for Ray of Light Theater’s and Oasis Arts’ immersive Rocky Horror Show! She has been stage managing full-scale drag productions in San Francisco for six years. Her credits include Shamilton (2018, 2019, 2021); Murder She Wrote (in Drag) (2019); Harry Poofter and the Sorcerer’s Rhinestone (2019); Harry Poofter and the Chamber of Secretions (2022); Drunk Drag Dizney on Broadway (2018, 2024); 9 to 5: LIVE (2024); and most recently, D’Arcy Drollinger’s drag comedy send-up of 80's nighttime soap operas, Bitch Slap! (2024). Trained exclusively within the SF Drag world, Taylor brings her background in strategy and operations, and a lifetime of being the oldest of 6, to keep productions running smoothly. That’s 5 to places, folks!
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Jules Indelicato - Sound Engineer
Jules Indelicato is a dynamic force in San Francisco's live sound and creative design scene, seamlessly intertwining the roles of Audio Technical Manager and Sound Designer. With extensive design credits throughout the Bay Area, Jules's recent notable projects include Hedwig and the Angry Inch with Shotgun Players, Sign My Name to Freedom with SFBATCO, and Joe Turner’s Come and Gone with Lower Bottom Playaz. This year, they were honored with the Excellence in Theatre Award for Sound Design from the San Francisco Bay Area Critics Circle.
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Dane Paul Andres - Choreographer
Dane Paul Andres is thrilled to be back at Ray of Light for their production of "Rocky Horror Picture Show" at the renowned OASIS. Recent credits include "In the Heights" at CenterRep, "Matilda" (Director),Berkeley Playhouse and Ray of Light Theatre's production of "Kinky Boots" (Angel).
Favorite roles include Nicholas "Short Who" in "Grinchmas" at Universal Resort Orlando, Mungojerrie in "Cats" at Broadway by the Bay, and Gideon in "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" at Woodminster.
In addition to his performing career, Dane is also a dance teacher and competes with a hip-hop dance crew called INQ based in Oakland. When he is not performing or teaching, Dane works as a Lead Graphic Designer and mentor to a team of student designers at San Jose State University.
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Sophia Craven - Lighting Designer
Sophia Craven is a San Francisco based lighting designer. She studied technical theater at San Francisco State University under the guidance of Joan Arhelger and Ray Oppenheimer. She was the lighting director and designer on Trixie and Katya Live which took her to Europe and Radio City Music Hall. Most recently she completed the Dragula Titans national tour as lighting designer/director and video director. Previous theater design work: NCTC, SF Playhouse Sandbox series, Golden Girls Live! at the Victoria Theatre, Atomic Comic and Eat the Mama at Z-Space. Sophia was the lead Lighting Designer and Production Manager for SF’s top drag club OASIS from 2016-2022. Sex and the City Live, Buffy the Vampire Slayer Live, Bitch Slap, Star Trek Live! and the premier of Fresh Prince of Bel Air Live!
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Daniel Harvey - Costumer
Daniel is a graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne, Australia and moved to San Francisco in 2017. He currently works as Artistic Producer & Community Director for Opera Parallèle. In this role, he created 'Expansive' a new annual showcase event for transgender artists in partnership with The Transgender District. Select theatre credits: As Costume Designer: Sex & the City - 2023 (Oasis) SQREAM (Oasis) Broadway Bares SF 2017-2023 (BCEFA) Xanadu: The Musical (Australian Premiere). As Assistant to Brian Thomson AUS: Dream Lover (Australian Tour) As Associate to Tobias Hoheisel: Don Carlo (Bolshoi Opera, Moscow). As Assistant to Christopher Oram UK: Uncle Vanya (West End), Privates on Parade (Michael Grandage Company), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Broadway)