Grace Walcott: Actress~Writer~Director~Bon Vivant
Film & Theatre
Ginger Snaps
Written and Directed by Grace Walcott
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"Ginger Snaps" Premiered in the San Francisco Gay and Lesbian film festival in 2000, it has played at the Outfest in Los Angeles, and in Amsterdam, Germany, Seattle, Orlando and locally at Oakland's "Black Box Theater" and on San Jose's public TV channel KTEH.
SYNOPSIS
A surreal and hilarious commentary on female empowerment in the entertainment industry and the world at large, GINGER SNAPS explores the ludicrous life of determined actor/filmaker and soon-to-be hero Ginger Forbush.
GINGER SNAPS opens with actor/filmaker and soon-to-be Ginger Forbush arduously trying to edit her film. That day, Ginger is sent on a supposedly prestigious audition, but through a mix up, she is directed to the wrong address, a barren loft. Once inside, two lascivious thugs play along with Ginger's "audition" when they see her voluptuos body, hoping to talk her into doing a nude scene. Just when all seems lost, as Ginger desperately fights off her attackers, her beneficent breasts come to the rescue—blasting the thugs, hot-wiring Ginger's undependable jalopy and even editing her films by "remote control". Watch as GINGER SNAPS...
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REDRESSA: COWGIRL OF THE OPEN PLAINS
Directed by Sarah Corr, Written and Acted by Grace Walcott
Synopsis
Meet Redressa O'Toole, a six foot tall lounge singer and adventuress with natural high spirits and a story to tell. She cracks a mean whip, and her habit of hog tying men of Crystal City police force and their church going wives. When her life spins madly out of control, Big Red finds herself speeding in a stolen Cadillac almost to the edge of Texas and the edge of reality. Will she make it to New York? Will she ever mend fences with sweet Bubba? All answers lie in this hilarious tale of bad behvior and redemption.
RAVES
"Julie Andrews with a whip." San Francisco Examiner
"A potent (singing) voice..Sparkling surreal inventiveness, bawdily subversive sense of humor comically precise. An innovative new solo show."
Robert Hurwitt San Francisco Examiner
"Walcott is captivating and magnetic."
SF Weekly
"Walcott's characterizations are first rate, the writing is sharp and funny, and Corr directs with panache."
Jerry Metzker, bay Area Reporter
WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE
Directed by Mary Forcade, Written and Acted by Grace Walcott
SYNOPSIS
Three Characters, A Mother, A Daughter and a Detective, piecing together all parts of the puzzle. "What's Wrong With This Picture" is a compelling hilarious comedic mystery tale of the struggle between a Mother and her daughter for separate identities. Told in a series of snapshots/flashbacks, it concerns the unconscious agenda of a Mother to create a perfect child in her own image, and the daughter's need for separateness.
RAVES
"What's Wrong With This Picture" is extraordinary on many levels. The clever and original writing charms, amuses and horrifies. Director mary Forcade has harnessed Walcott's enormous vitality into a powerhouse performance."
Randy Trabitz Los Angeles Weekly
"Walcott is an amazingly sharp and funny actor..a major local find."
Dennis Harvey San Francisco Weekly
Grace's performance is "unforgetable." She is an "effervesscent writer/comedienne who is walking proof you can be sexy and a feminist, ditsy and smart at the same time."
Misha Berson, San Francisco Bay Guardian
"Grace Walcott is one great performer. Her character work is flawless: her comic timing is remarkable: and the way she handles the audience is masterful."
Kate Bornstein Bay Area Reporter
"An outstanding one woman show sensationally staged and unique survival story with a powerhouse performance by Walcott (that) you won't forget."
Raymond Tomlin Vancouver Echo
GRACE UNDER PRESSURE
Directed by Mary Forcade, Ensemble cast
Premiered at The Lab, played an extended 6 month run at San francisco's Chi Chi Club.
SYNOPSIS
A tale of two beautiful women, the mobster who tries to ensnare them, and the breasts that rebel, leading them to glory fame and fortune.
RAVES
"Feistily funny..the breast as strategic weapon—Walcott clearly has her own ironic voice."
Scott Rosenberg, SF Examiner
"Walcott is an endearing comidienne—she converts feminist fear and loathing into antic, even lusty comedy."
Misha Berson San francisco Guardian
"Giddy good humor.. a sweet hour of cartoonery...Walcott and Ross have a dizzy charm."
Dennis Harvey, SF Weekly
"Showing no comic mercy—gleefully amusing-an appealing good humored feminist revenge fanatasy."
San Francisco Chronicle
FALL FROM GRACE
Directed by Marcia Kimmel, Written and Acted by Grace Walcott
A Young girl discovers her clitoris, the rest is history. In this 7 minute performance piece, which was first produced by "BRAVA: Women in the Arts!" A young girl "comes of age" sexually, amid Lawrence Welk, her repressive WASP family and a miriad of potential sex toys.