A HOLLYWOOD HORROR STORY + Q&A with Dana Gould

Long before Elvira, TV’s first Horror Host, Vampira, titillated and terrified 1950s America.

After SOLD OUT runs in Los Angeles, Orlando, Cincinnati & Edmonton, 20-time award-winning Fringe ghoul Ingrid Garner inflicts her smash hit resurrection of this icon upon Dynasty Typewriter. Delivered as an episode of “The Vampira Show”, the mercurial life of her creator, Maila Nurmi, unearths in an electrifying multimedia performance!

Followed by a Q&A with legendary comedian Dana Gould (The Simpsons, Hanging with Doctor Z) about his dear friend, Maila Nurmi (Vampira).

SYNOPSIS

Since her humble beginnings as the daughter of Finnish temperance evangelists, Maila Nurmi felt like an alien in post-war America. In an era where women were expected to land the supporting role in a nuclear family, she was determined to become a star in her own right.

After years of languishing as a failed actress and housewife, she wins the costume contest at the “Bal Caribe” masquerade in West Hollywood, dressed as Morticia from “The Addams Family” cartoons. Little does she know that a young TV producer in attendance has been desperately searching for a host for his late-night horror films. Thrilled to land the gig, but unwilling to steal Charles Addams character, Maila concocts a new persona.

A true Cinderella-meets-Frankenstein tale, she stitches together a creature from her dark idols: the Evil Queen in “Snow White”, Norma Desmond in “Sunset Boulevard” and the pin-up models from BDSM magazines. During Hollywood’s most pivotal year, Vampira satirizes the ideals of 50s femininity while orbited by the likes of James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, Marlon Brando, Liberace, Orson Welles, Elvis Presley and Anthony Perkins.

Later, she’s exhumed by the West Hollywood punk community she inspired, and is eternally embraced as the matriarch of misfits.

REVIEWS

“Fans of horror, camp, the counterculture and the Golden Age of Hollywood will all find shivers of delight! ” — Orlando Sentinel

“Garner’s inspirational interpretation of the iconoclast against mid-century domesticity will make you wanna go out and ‘terrorize normalcy’ yourself.” — Orlando Weekly

★★★★★ “Oh my god, what an amazing show!”—League of Cincy Theaters

“Captivating” — Edmonton Journal

“Spectacular” — Eat More Art Vegas

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