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Feast of Fun: Gay Talk Show

D’Arcy Drollinger: San Francisco’s First Drag Laureate

Feast of Fun: Gay Talk Show

Fausto Fernós

Comedy Interviews, Tv & Film, Comedy, Tv Reviews, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.4831 Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2023

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

This year San Francisco made history by appointing the city’s first drag laureate, D’Arcy Drollinger, who is not only a fierce drag queen but also a theatrical dynamo. D’Arcy has created, written and performed dozens of brilliant shows over the years, including the Lohan Project, Temple of Poon, a feature film Shit and Champagne and is co-starring in the Bay Areas’ long running holiday show The Golden Girls Live.

The first of its kind in the world, San Francisco’s drag laureate is not just a figurehead for the LGBTQ+ community, they are given resources to produce work that ensures that the legendary city continues to be a supportive place for queer art to grow and flourish.

Today D’Arcy Drollinger joins us to look at her incredible year so far as San Francisco’s first drag laureate, creating the Oasis, the city’s first drag owned and operated bar and venue and the shocking death of Heklina.

Plus- D’Arcy’s recipe for overcoming hate targeted to trans people and drag performers.

FOLLOW D’ARCY DROLLINGER:
★ facebook.com/darcydrollinger
★ instagram.com/darcydrollinger
★ tiktok.com/@darcydrollinger

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0:00.0

This year, San Francisco made history by appointing the city's first drag laureate,

0:11.0

Darcy Drollinger, who not only is a fierce drag queen, but also a theatrical dynamo.

0:18.0

Darcy has created, written, and performed dozens of brilliant shows over the years,

0:24.3

including the Low Hand Project Temple of Poon, the feature film Shit and Champagne,

0:30.4

and it's co-starring in the Bay Area's long-running holiday show, Golden Girls Live.

0:36.1

The first of its kind in the world, San Francisco's drag laureate is not just a figurehead

0:40.3

for the LGBTQ plus community.

0:42.3

They are given resources to produce work that ensures that the legendary city continues to be a supportive

0:48.3

place for queer art to grow and flourish.

0:51.3

Today, Darcy Drollinger joins us to look at her incredible year so far as San Francisco's

0:57.5

first drag laureate.

0:59.5

Creating Oasis, the city's first drag owned and operated bar and venue, and the shocking

1:05.0

death of Hecklin.

1:06.2

Plus, Darcy's recipe for overcoming hate targeted to trans people and drag performers.

1:12.4

I'm Fausto Farnas.

1:13.9

I'm Mark Fillion.

1:15.1

And this is Feast of Fun.

1:21.5

Well, hi. Oh, hi.

1:29.8

Darcy Drollinger, Darcy Drollinger, paging Darcy Drollinger to the front desk.

1:37.9

Oh, my God. I'm here. I'm here.

1:40.3

Hey, love, are you speaking to us on a speakerphone or something?

1:45.6

Well, I was going to put on my headset.

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