Molly “Equality” Dykeman
Molly “Equality” Dykeman, the alter-ego of actor/playwright Andrea Alton, is a poet/security guard at PS 339. The lovable train wreck–who adores nachos, people who aren’t douchebags and all types of ladies–appeared in her debut one-woman show, The F*cking World According to Molly, at the 2011 New York Fringe Festival to widespread acclaim. She managed to find the airport in time to make her international premiere at the Dublin Gay Theatre Festival last month, and is looking forward to her first Pride show, I Can’t Even Think Straight: Molly “Equality” Dykeman’s Big Gay Pride Show, this summer. “To all the ladies out there, I’m currently single and on new meds so look me up,” she says. When Molly is on hiatus, Alton performs at leading comedy and off-Broadway venues from San Francisco to Provincetown. Alton’s next projects include working on a young adult novel, finishing an untitled full-length play, and waking Molly up after her all-nighters. “If I can make people laugh and forget about their troubles for a bit, it’s the best feeling in the world. If I can add social commentary into the mix and make people think, then that’s an extra bonus,” Alton says. Molly, on the other hand, insists she “just got into poetry and showbiz to get laid.”
