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Triangle Productions is going out with a bang thanks to The Rocky Horror Show, starring Jami
Chatalas Blanchard, Wade McCollum and Kelsey Tyler.
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Before launching Triangle Productions, Horn was a model from 1978
to the late '80s.
The mighty Columbia
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riangle Productions is ending its 15th sea­
bus,” he continues. “Few people could even tell
son with a smash hit, The Rocky Horror
I was a guy. I never got any comments, so I
Show. While hottie Wade McCollum has
don’t know if anyone knew.”
rightly gotten most of the attention, pro­
The uncertainty continues. In fact, Hom
ducer Don Hom raves that 17-year-old Jerick reports overhearing audience members ask
Hoffer is a talent to watch out for.
each other, “Is that a girl or a boy?”
In a stroke of gender-bending casting, the
Hoffer was “discovered” after the 6-foot
Grant High School senior plays Columbia, Dr.
beanpole won a national thespian competition
Frank-n-Furter’s assistant and promiscuous ex­
singing “Sweet Transvestite.” He then per­
girlfriend (rocker Joan Jett played the part last
formed it at Grant, where he was seen by Ore­
year on Broadway). Moreover, Columbia’s cur­
gonian columnist Jonathan Nicholas, whose
rent beau, Eddie, is played by actress Julianna
daughter is in his class. Nicholas called Hom
Jaffe (Lea DeLaria on Broadway).
to tell him about the teen juggernaut, and the
Columbia is Hoffer’s first professional role;
rest is, as they say, herstory.
in order to prepare himself, he showed up at
But beyond the young actor’s breakout
many rehearsals in full drag. “1 wanted to know
debut, Hom thinks Hoffer is “a light for our
what a wig and fake boobs would feel like,” he
community.” Out since the age of 13 (he told a
says, “and whether they’d cause any problems.
friend at his 13th birthday party “and sort of let
“I’d get ready at my house and take the
it go through the crowd” of 70 guests), he is a
founder of Grant’s Gay
Straight Alliance and this
year’s Rosebud, the oldest
underage gay and lesbian
court title in the country.
The lean teen loves
playing Columbia because
“I get to be an annoying
tap dancing presence on
stage. She’s the only char­
acter that gets to scream
every five minutes.”
Columbia may be the
only screamer on stage,
but audiences are certainly
screaming in delight from
this not-to-be-missed
performance.
Up-and-coming actor Jerick Hoffer has audience members scratching
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