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Ethyl Eichelberger (July 17, 1945 – August 12, 1990) was an Obie award-winning American drag performer, playwright, and actor. He became an influential figure in experimental theater and writing, and wrote nearly forty plays portraying women such as Jocasta, Medea, Nefertiti, Clytemnestra, and Lucrezia Borgia.
- July 17, 1945, Pekin, Illinois, United States
Aug 14, 1990 · Ethyl Eichelberger, a flamboyant presence on the New York theatrical scene for the last 15 years as an actor, performance artist, clown and playwright, died over the weekend at his home on...
Aug 7, 1988 · Eichelberger is the name he was born with, although Ethyl is not, and he has no intention of revealing the original. He adopted Ethyl in the early 1970's, because, he said, it was alliterative ...
Ethyl Eichelberger (born James Roy Eichelberger, July 17, 1945 – August 12, 1990) was an American drag performer, playwright, and actor. He became an influential figure in experimental theater and writing, and performed nearly forty plays. He became more widely known as a commercial actor in the 1980s.
Oliver Herring started his art career as a painter with very colorful and expressive works. When Ethyl Eichelberger committed suicide in 1991, Herring started knitting Mylar to pay respect to him. Herring knit the transparent tape into colorless human figures, clothing and furniture.
- German-American
Aug 26, 1990 · Suddenly Ethyl-Olga offered a posthumous accordion solo. Time permitting, he might have eaten fire and cartwheeled across the stage. In his breathless career, Ethyl Eichelberger never could resist ...
Ethyl Eichelberger (1945-1990) was a legendary downtown performer whose high octane performances earned him critical acclaim, a loyal audience following, and a mythic reputation. An accomplished musician and classically trained actor, Ethyl wrote, produced, and performed over thirty solo and group performance works that explored the struggles ...
