Before Elvira, before Morticia, there was television’s first horror host: Vampira.
Orlando Sentinel “Best of Fest” and Orlando Fringe “Best Solo Drama" winner Ingrid Garner (Eleanor’s Story) harnesses her signature gift for transformation to resurrect the legend behind Hollywood’s most fascinating forgotten icon. Delivered as an episode of “The Vampira Show”, the mercurial life of her creator unearths in a dazzling multimedia performance.
Considered the Grandmother of Punk, Vampira titillated, terrified and satirized conservative 1950s America while orbited by the likes of James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, Marlon Brando, Liberace, Orson Welles, Elvis Presley and Anthony Perkins.
“Garner’s inspirational interpretation of the iconoclast against mid-century domesticity will make you wanna go out and ”terrorize normalcy” yourself.” —Orlando Weekly
“Fans of horror, camp, the counter culture and the golden age of Hollywood will all find shivers of delight! ”—Orlando Sentinel