Heklina has been hard at work this summer expanding her repertoire of drag-queen re-enactments of old TV sitcom scripts, and expanding her repertory company of drag performers to help re-enact them. For years Heklina and a few friends have made a Christmastime and Pride season tradition of performing episodes of The Golden Girls to the delight of bears everywhere. Starting a few months ago, we saw the first in a series of new shows being tested out on audiences at Rebel, starting with a pair of episodes of Sex in the City (starring Heklina as Carrie and Lady Bear as Miranda), and currently Designing Women (starring D'Arcy Drollinger as Suzanne Sugarbaker and Arturo Galster as Julia Sugarbaker). But just wait, folks. Coming in time for Folsom Street Fair weekend, there will be a new show added to the mix: Roseanne.
Roseanne opens September 26 at Rebel, and stars Lady Bear as Roseanne, drag king Leigh Crow as Dan, D'Arcy Drollinger as Jackie, and Heklina as Darlene. Also, Jordan Wheeler plays little DJ, and Steven LeMay is a dead ringer for Becky. Original Becky that is. Look on Heklina's website for further dates and details.
Designing Women is still running at Rebel on Mondays and Tuesdays through August 28, with shows at 7 p.m and 9 p.m.