Lola Pashalinski is an American theatre artist known for her work as a
founding member of Charles Ludlam's Ridiculous Theatrical Company.Born
October , as Regina Hirsch in Brooklyn, New York, her father was an
insurance salesman. Pashalinski spent her young adulthood "bounc[ing]
around from odd job to odd job 'mostly in publishing' and briefly
attended college before dropping out."Pashalinski became involved in
theatre as an assistant director with John Vaccaro's Playhouse of the
Ridiculous, a resident company at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club,
during the s. She left the Playhouse of the Ridiculous with Ludlam
when he and John Vaccarro had a disagreement during rehearsals for
Conquest of the Universe in .Ludlam then founded his Ridiculous
Theatrical Company, and Pashalinski was a founding member, working
with the company from its establishment in until . During those
years, she appeared in of the company's productions, including as
Lola Lola in Corn (), Brunhilde in Der Ring Gott Farblonjet (), and
Miss Cubbidge in Bluebeard (). Black-Eyed Susan, Mario Montez, and
John Brockmeyer also performed in that production of Bluebeard, which
took place at La MaMa. Mary Brecht and Leandro Katz did design for the
production. She also performed alongside Black-Eyed Susan, Brockmeyer,
and Ethyl Eichelberger in Eichelberger's Phedre and Oedipus at La MaMa
in .
founding member of Charles Ludlam's Ridiculous Theatrical Company.Born
October , as Regina Hirsch in Brooklyn, New York, her father was an
insurance salesman. Pashalinski spent her young adulthood "bounc[ing]
around from odd job to odd job 'mostly in publishing' and briefly
attended college before dropping out."Pashalinski became involved in
theatre as an assistant director with John Vaccaro's Playhouse of the
Ridiculous, a resident company at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club,
during the s. She left the Playhouse of the Ridiculous with Ludlam
when he and John Vaccarro had a disagreement during rehearsals for
Conquest of the Universe in .Ludlam then founded his Ridiculous
Theatrical Company, and Pashalinski was a founding member, working
with the company from its establishment in until . During those
years, she appeared in of the company's productions, including as
Lola Lola in Corn (), Brunhilde in Der Ring Gott Farblonjet (), and
Miss Cubbidge in Bluebeard (). Black-Eyed Susan, Mario Montez, and
John Brockmeyer also performed in that production of Bluebeard, which
took place at La MaMa. Mary Brecht and Leandro Katz did design for the
production. She also performed alongside Black-Eyed Susan, Brockmeyer,
and Ethyl Eichelberger in Eichelberger's Phedre and Oedipus at La MaMa
in .
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