Turn the Lights On Festival

Lolo's Boyfriend Show

Lauren O’Brien
Lolo lands a dream-come-true European tour with her punk cabaret show. But when it gets canceled after just a few weeks, she’s forced to pack up her funky costumes and red platform boots and drag them back to her mom’s house in suburbia. Lolo thought she’d be famous and happily married by now. Her Psychic Therapist told her she would be. Instead, she doesn’t even have a job. She’s stuck in her childhood bedroom, tormented by the remnants of many failed relationships. A tempting invitation from The British Guy she met on tour could be her ticket to a happier life. He’s different from all the others. He takes showers. He hasn’t asked her for money. He didn’t bring a stripper on any of their dates. But his attempts to woo end up triggering a traumatic trip through boyfriends past. From The Yogi to The Texter to The Addict, Lolo’s penchant for attracting the bizarre really cuts her up. As she grapples with her ghosts, Lolo has a radical realization: maybe…just maybe…she has a different path to happiness in this world…

Turn the Lights On Festival

July 5th - July 14th

Available Pricing Options

  • General Admission : $30.00 + $2.03 fee

Performances

Fri Jul 05 2024 - 7:30 PM EDT

Sat Jul 06 2024 - 8:00 PM EDT

Fri Jul 12 2024 - 7:30 PM EDT

Sun Jul 14 2024 - 7:30 PM EDT

Written & Performed by:
Lauren O’Brien
 
Directed by & Developed with: 
Christine Bokhour
 
Developed with: 
Matt Hoverman
 
Projection Design by: 
Lianne Arnold
 
Sound Design by: 
Cam Dasher
 
Lauren O’Brien (Writer/Performer) has performed regionally in To Kill a Mockingbird (Mayella), Angels in America (Harper), A Wrinkle in Time (Mrs. Whatsit), and The Odyssey (Athena), among others. She was also a founding member of director Polina Klimovitskaya’s avant-garde theatre troupe, Terra Incognita, where she co-developed the original work Ophelia Tapestry. Lauren credits Ms. Klimovitskaya for teaching her a “psycho-physical” approach to creativity. Lauren began her foray into music as a lyricist for producer Marc Godwin and singer Janice Robinson. She later recorded her own rock/poetry albums, Inconsequential Dream and Panic, as well as a punk-cabaret album, The Devil’s Girlfriend (which she expanded into a theatrical show and toured throughout Germany). Lauren has toured extensively in the United States, Canada and Europe, and has performed as part of CMJ, Howl Fest, MEANY Fest, and more. She is a two-time recipient of New Century Music Awards. Her first solo show, Jaxx & Lolo, won the Audience Choice Award and the Excellence in Multi-Media Award at the New York City Fringe Festival in 2020. Her new solo show, Lolo’s Boyfriend Show, won the Audience Choice Award at the New York City Fringe Festival in 2024.
 
Christine Bokhour (Director/Development) - has choreographed and/or directed over 25 plays and musicals in the past decade and loves working with all ages of humans. Some of her favorites have been The Cake (with Broadway’s Sally Mayes,) The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Full Monty (with Broadway’s Randy Donaldson,) and in educational theater Matilda, Spamalot and Chicago. She won the Best Director award in Aerie Theatre's One Act Play Festival in 2019, and ran a reading and discussion series on classic works related to modern themes for several years in the Hudson Valley. Ms Bokhour is currently helping to develop and direct The Scream, a new musical comedy fantasy by her husband's award winning BMI team, recently performed at MTC and Westport Country Playhouse, and is looking forward to working with another BMI award winner, Ilann Maazel, on his new work The Patriot later this Spring. As a performer, Ms. Bokhour has appeared on Broadway, in National and European tours, as a RCMH Rockette, and in numerous regional productions across the country including 2 one woman theatre pieces, Penelope at Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival and the formidable Happy Days at the Philipstown Depot Theatre. Ms. Bokhour is also an acupuncturist gratefully sharing a home with her husband, son and 3 sweet cats.

Run Time

90

Venue

Playhouse 46 at St. Luke's

Genre

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Accessibility Offerings

Wheelchair Seating

Service Animals Welcome

All Gender Restrooms