johnnie walker

“I am an atypical child,” Nicholas, our protagonist, tells us. And yet there’s something deeply familiar about him. In this young and somewhat skeletal production (currently on at SummerWorks), creator/performer Johnnie Walker introduces us to the titular young redhead discovering his budding homosexuality while navigating otherness. And he demonstrates sizeable talent in the process. Walker’s physical awkwardness works wonderfully for the misfit Nicholas, though with less success as his alterego Rufus Vermilion, who could use more precision and a physical status to match his suave flamboyance. Maryanne, Nicholas’ new stepmom is simply delicious under the direction of Morgan Norwich....

Johnnie Walker has red hair

Oldies play. Onstage is a plywood Toxbox which seems to have grown a skullet of red yarn. Following one of these threads onstage is redheaded sixth-grader Nicholas. Redheaded Stepchild begins (as part of this year's Uno Fest).

Johnnie Walker is redheaded and he wants you to know about it