Years active 1988 - Present | ||
Occupation Actor, Producer, Director and Choreographer | ||
D arcy drollinger on living in an oasis and making it in san francisco
D’Arcy Drollinger (born January 17, 1969) is an American actor, writer, musician, director & choreographer known for his high-camp / vaudeville-style stage productions that combine slapstick, farce and often drag. He was a founding member of the post-punk art band Enrique. He is an owner of the San Francisco nightclub Oasis, along with drag performer, Heklina. Drollinger is also the creator of the dance-fitness brand, Sexitude.
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Enrique
In 1988, while attending San Francisco State University, Drollinger and artist Jason Mecier formed the performance art band, Enrique. The groups comedic stage antics and often twisted take on 70’s TV nostalgia, landed their first gig opening up for the Average White band at The Kennel Club in San Francisco. The over-the-top stage productions won them a loyal San Francisco following from the late 80’s to mid 90’s.
Theatrical Productions
“Drollinger has a distinct style as a director, it’s a mix of heightened slapstick with almost a commedia dell’arte-flavored rhythm and a sharp sense of timing, but all favored with the real truth of experience.”
Cindy Goldfield, SF Chronicle
In 1993 Drollinger’s first full length Musical, The Cereal Killers was produced at the Artful circle Theater in San Francisco. The production included many members of Enrique and was directed by Charles Herman-Wurmfeld. Drollinger and Wurmfeld went on to collaborate on two other rock musicals, The Possession of Mrs. Jones and Suburbia 3000. Drollinger mounted the long-running cult hit, Above and Beyond the Valley of the Ultra Showgirls in 1997 before moving to New York City in 1998. While living in Manhattan Drollinger wrote and produced Pink Elephants, Scalpel! and Shit & Champagne. After returning to San Francisco in 2011, Project : Lohan, Mr. Irresistible and The Temple of Poon were written. At the same time Drollinger began co-producing live parodies of television sitcoms with long time friend and drag star, Heklina. After the venue they had been performing in was sold they decided to open Oasis, their own performance venue.
Sexitude
Sexitude is an ongoing body-positive, sex-positive dance/fitness program created by Drollinger in 2011 in San Francisco, California. Drollinger taught the first class at the Academy of Ballet on August 7, 2011, as he desired as class that would be “fun, relaxed, and a good workout, both physically and mentally.” Since then, Sexitude classes have happened in local San Francisco area dance schools such as Dance Mission, City Dance and ODC. As a performance group, Sexitude has participated in number of performances in the San Francisco Area, including Daytime Realness at El Rio, the Castro Theatre, and the Main Stage of San Francisco Pride. The group has worked with Drollinger as a professional drag queen as well as provided performances for programs organized by Peaches Christ.
The Oasis
The Oasis, a theater and cabaret nightclub located in San Francisco’s SOMA district, hosted a grand opening event on New Year’s Eve day 2014. D’Arcy and business partners, including drag personality, Heklina, signed a deal to purchase the former Oasis nightclub in October 2014. The nightclub's diverse programming features drag stars, cabaret and performing artists, live musical acts, and DJs.