Brava! for Women in the Arts Presents SCALPEL! 3/31

After many years Brava! For Women in the arts presents it's first musical. D'Arcy Drollinger's darkly comedic rock satire, Scalpel!, will have it's world premiere on March 31st, 2010 and will run through April 17th. The organization is excited to produce such an ambitious project in its second year under a new artistic director, Raelle Myrick-Hodges. Scalpel! is written and directed by D'Arcy Drollinger with Music Direction by Scrumbly Koldewyn (The Cockettes, Angels of Light).

Workshopped in New York as part of the BMI Musical Theater Workshop and then in the New York Fringe Festival, Scalpel! finds it's home for the World Premiere in Brava. Drollinger, the show's creator, and a SF native, also comes home to direct his first show in San Francisco in over a decade.

Imagine a world where Ivana Trump and Jocelyn Wildenstein enter The Matrix - where Dede Wilsey becomes Le Femme Nikita and "the ladies who lunch" moonlight as lethal assassins. Described as The Manchurian Candidate meets the Stepford Wives, Scalpel! cuts deep into two great American obsessions: beauty and conspiracy. A darkly comedic rock thriller, Scalpel! delights in a world where youth and perfection are the ultimate commodities- commodities worth killing for.

When wealthy New York socialite Jacquelyn Blithers' husband leaves her for a younger woman, her Upper
East Side life of fabulous fashion and exclusive parties takes a serious nose-dive. Her two body dysmorphic best pals nip the situation in the bud and lift Jac's sagging spirits by sending her to the Svengali of plastic surgery, Dr. Bulgari.

Jacqueline loves her new face until the nightmares begin...and when the people in her nightmares begin turning up dead, Jac realizes that something sinister lurks beneath the flawless complexions and tight skin of the social elite - these women are truly dressed to kill. Armed only with her loyal English butler, her feisty Puerto Rican maid and her six -inch Jimmy Choos, Jac must infiltrate a blood-chilling conspiracy bent on global domination, as she sings and dances her way to saving the world from certain doom.

"If you have ever had the opportunity of seeing any of D'Arcy's other work including The Posession of Mrs. Jones, Pink Elephants or the infamous Shit & Champagne, you know you are going to be entertained immensely with a story that holds the weight of classic theatre structure. D'Arcy is simply damn funny. I wanted our second season to be fun! Scalpel! is a combination of what we all love of the cabaret scene and revere about professional theater." says Brava Artistic Director, Raelle Myrick-Hodges.

D'Arcy Drollinger's work includes: 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.

D'Arcy has been involved in many fabulous productions including: The Producer's, Hairspray the Musical, Glamour, Glory and Gold and Divas 2000 featuring RuPaul. He is a co-founder of the critically acclaimed post-punk San Francisco art-rock group Enrique and a firm believer in the ridiculous. Drollinger is a participant in the BMI Musical Theatre Workshop and a member of the Dramatists Guild of America.

Creating the visual magic are: Scenic Designer, Matt McAdon; Costume Designer, Abra Berman; and Fight Choreographer, Dave Maier.

Cast members include: David Bicha, Laurie Bushman, Deena Davenport, Mike Finn, Marilyn Fowler, Arturo Galster , Cindy Goldfield, Jordan L'Moore, Emily McGowan and Katie Rubin with band members Peter Fogel, Peggy L'eggs, Christian Matthews, Jeff Mitchell, and
Tim Perdue.

To purchase tickets visit www.brava.org or call 415-647-2822