Trans TikToker Dylan Mulvaney appears to be bouncing back from last year’s Bud Light debacle with the announcement of her solo show at the Edinburgh Fringe this summer.
In February, Mulvaney was making late-night social media posts, insisting that her ’15 minutes’ of fame was not over, following backlash over her relationship with the beer maker.
The 27-year-old released a single in March and this week announced the debut of a solo musical, FAGHAG, an hour of songs and anecdotes about her transition from man to girl.
It reportedly covers Mulvaney’s love life and his relationship with God while growing up queer in the Catholic Church in the San Diego area of Southern California.
Audiences warned Dylan Mulvaney’s FAGHAG one-man show is ‘triggering’
The musical will debut at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival from July 31 to August 25.
Mulvaney says she is “delighted” to launch the show at Scotland’s biggest arts festival.
She calls it a “cheesy, queer love letter to my younger self and my way of bringing my social media story to the stage,” she said.
The title is a slang term to describe a woman who spends her time with gay men.
The public is warned that the program features strong language and “distressing or potentially triggering themes.”
It will be performed at Assembly George Square Studios from July 31 to August 25.
It features songs by Tim Robinson and direction by Tim Jackson, two experienced Broadway hands.
Thanks to her viral TikTok series, Days of Girlhood, which has 9.9 million followers, Mulvaney is one of the most famous transgender people in the United States.
It is no stranger to controversy, with critics saying it caricatures women as neurotic, promiscuous and shopaholics.
Last year, Mulvaney’s alliance with Bud Light sparked a furious beer boycott by conservatives that cost parent company Anheuser-Busch $400 million in sales.
The new program may worry some Catholics: the church does not approve of homosexuality and rejects the basic concept of changing one’s biological sex.
Catholics protested outside his most recent concert: a speaking venue at Saint Louis University, one of the oldest Jesuit institutions in the United States.
For Mulvaney, the show marks a return to the theater, after appearing in the hit musical The Book of Mormon.
In April of last year, Mulvaney posted a photo on Instagram of a personalized can of Bud Light that the beer sent her to celebrate the ‘365 days of girlhood’ during her transition into womanhood.
Trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney (center) released a pop song called ‘Days of Girlhood’ to celebrate her ‘womanhood’ and the second anniversary of her transition.
Movie theaters closed during the pandemic, leaving Mulvaney out of work.
He rose to internet stardom in 2022 by launching his hit TikTok series, Days of Girlhood, in which he documents his transition from a young man to a “girl.”
She has made millions of dollars promoting cosmetics, fashion and other products, appeared with President Joe Biden at the White House and appeared alongside Hollywood celebrities.
He broke out last April, when he posted a video to promote a Bud Light giveaway, saying the company had sent him a tall can with his face on it to celebrate his gender change.
This angered conservatives, who said one of their favorite beers had become “woke.”
They criticized on social media and boycotted the drink, costing parent company Anheuser-Busch $400 million in sales, a 13.5 percent drop.
The fallout led to a devastating run for Bud Light, where it suffered repeated double-digit revenue declines on an almost weekly basis.
Mulvaney earned $2 million from promotional work last year, landed deals with Nike and Mac, and appeared at the Golden Globes in January.
In December she was named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list.
The magazine praised her for resisting Bud Light’s fallout, and Mulvaney criticized the beer company for throwing her to the wolves.
In December, he addressed a half-empty auditorium at Penn State, where he revealed plans for the one-man show.
In March, she released a pop single called Days of Girlhood, which has been viewed more than 1.2 million times on YouTube.