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2011 Orlando Fringe Festival  posted by Matthew J. Palm on May, 12 2011 1:58 PM
Didi Panache (Douglas McGeoch) and Wayburn Sassy (Dewey Chaffee) are familiar sights to Fringe-goers. (photo from Dewey Chaffee Comedy Enterprises)
Three stalwarts of the Orlando Fringe Festival scene are pulling up stakes and hitting the road after this year’s festival, which has its opening gala Wednesday. Click to read my interview with David Lee, who has participated in more Fringe productions than anyone else.
Here, I caught up with Dewey Chaffee and Douglas McGeoch, whose alter egos Wayburn Sassy and Didi Panache have become some of the most recognizable characters at the Fringe: Recent performances in Ireland showed Dewey Chaffee and Douglas McGeoch that humor isn’t necessarily universal.
“We had to adjust Wayburn’s approach a little bit,” says Chaffee, 42. “The Irish culture seemed to be ‘never kick a man when he’s down’ — and that’s what Wayburn does. We had to be more self-deprecating.”
For those who have not encountered the bigoted, racist musings of Wayburn Sassy, Chaffee’s artistic and life partner McGeoch sums him up: “On the surface, Wayburn is mean. He’s obnoxious, he’s crude.”
“In reality, he’s highlighting the racism, the bigotry in society, and by making it funny taking the power out of it,” says McGeoch, 31, who plays Chaffee’s more cultured, statuesque female assistant, Didi Panache.
“The maintenance for a woman is unbelievable,” says McGeoch, who hadn’t dressed in drag before taking on the role. “I watched Marlene Dietrich and how she used her eyes. I watched Ann-Margret and how she used her hips.”
The visual effect of McGeoch’s long legs is startling.
Douglas McGeoch and Dewey Chaffee plan to tour the country. (photo from Dewey Chaffee Comedy Enterprises)
“They’re 42 inches from heel to hip,” he says. “I only know that because once I measured against the height-requirement sign at Space Mountain.”
Wayburn won’t grace the Fringe Festival this year. Chaffee has the starring role in “Winifred, ‘That Bitch!’” focusing on Wayburn’s presumed-dead-but-very-much-alive wife.
But while Orlando Fringe-goers will see this latest chapter in the Wayburn Sassy saga, Chaffee and McGeoch are taking earlier incarnations of the “Screw You Revue” on tour after the festival to introduce the nation to Wayburn and Didi.
Chaffee, a 20-year Walt Disney World veteran, and McGeoch, who worked for Robb & Stuckey, have “gotten out of the corporate rat race,” Chaffee says. They sold off their possessions, bought an RV and will call the open road home as they play festivals and gigs across the country.
“We feel like we’ve done everything we can in Orlando so we’re going to see if we can get the same success elsewhere,” Chaffee says. He knows it might not be easy: “We’re poor in Orlando, we can be poor elsewhere,” he cracks.
It’s a big step for McGeoch, a third-generation Floridian with a music degree from Stetson University in DeLand: “This is the first time in my life I’ll be saying I don’t live in Florida.”
But the Fringe Festival will have a special place in their hearts. McGeoch remembers the first performances of “The Screw You Revue” back in 2007. “I can remember the first big laugh” from the audience, he says. “Then we sold out for the first time, a Wednesday-night show about 11:30 p.m., and we got a standing ovation. I was so happy.”
Chaffee says it will be hard to play other venues and festivals because at Orlando’s Fringe, he “started at the top.”
“We’re spoiled. The Orlando Fringe is by far the most well-run, well-oiled machine, compared to other Fringes,” he says. “We’ll always remember and look for opportunities to get back.”
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I love them. I will miss them terribly. Beyond words. Much love and success!
Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 11:17 PM	Best of Luck to both of them… It’s time for all their love to be spread around. Great article. But don’t stay away too long.
Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 11:39 PM	“The visual effect of McGeoch’s long legs is startling.” quote from Matt Palm For those of you who are old enough to remember ANN MILLER, I think that Didi’s legs are as beautiful as hers, and hers were the most beautiful of all of the movie stars of that generation.
Dear Dewey and Douglas, thanks for being a wonderful friend, and I wish you all that you wish for yourselves. Have fun and enjoy!!
Wayburn, even though Adrianne and I thought you were the most obnoxious person that we had ever met, when we first saw you at Crane’s Roost, we both said that we wouldn’t ever go to your show, but we did. “WE LOVED IT and the both of you”.
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 9:02 AM	Wings!!!!!!
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