Vatican Lokey

For over thirty years, Vatican Lokey has been a part of the New Orleans theatre scene. A multiple award-winning actor and playwright, he is best known to New Orleanians as either Professor Carl Nivale from the WWL Eyewitness Morning News' annual Carnival coverage, or as Tinsel the Elf, co-host of the NOLA Voice Theatre's "Sprinkles & Tinsel's Very Merry Holly Daze Specials" on YouTube. 

At Rivertown Theaters: "It's a Wonderful Life, Y'all" (Mr. Potter, The 4 Heads), "Pageant" (Frankie Cavalier), "Assassins" (Booth), "Disney's Mary Poppins" (Mr. Banks), "Spongebob Squarepants" (Patchy), "By Jeeves!" (Jeeves), "Thoroughly Modern Millie" (Trevor Graydon), "A Flea in Her Ear" (Dr. Finache), all with Gary Rucker.

In NOLA: "Grand Hotel: The Musical" (The Baron), "Sophisticated Ladies", "Falsettos" (Whizzer), "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" (John Jasper), "City of Angels" (Angel City 4), "The Importance of Being Earnest" (John Worthing), "The Secret Garden" (Dr. Neville Craven), "Porcupine" (Sigmund Freud), "Scandalous! The D.H. Lawrence Musical" (John Galsworth), "Hairspray" (Corny Collins), "Company" (Paul), "The Drowsy Chaperone" (Aldolpho), "Chess" (Freddie Trumper)

In Atlanta: "Shrek" (Lord Farquaad), "The Producers" (Roger DeBris), "Annie" (Bert Healy/FDR)

TV: "Scream Queens", "American Horror Story: Coven", "Treme", "Final Witness"

FILM: "30 Days in the Bowl" (Documentary), "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter", "Free Spirits: The Movie"

Featured in the books "The Soul of the City: Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre" and "Just Who is Stocker Fontelieu, Anyway?" Named a Culture Bearer for the City of New Orleans by proclamation of Mayor Latoya Cantrell in recognition of his and Professor Carl Nivale's contributions to the culture of Carnival and Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Co-owner and managing director of NOLA Voice Theatre/NVT Productions.

Thanks always to Gary, the entire cast & crew, the staff of Rivertown Theaters, and to his husband of 33 years Edward R. Cox, who designed the gorgeous set!!!

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