 Three plays have been based around Solanas 's life . Valerie Shoots Andy , by Carson Kreitzer , from 2001 , which starred two actresses playing a younger ( Heather Grayson ) and an older ( Lynne McCollough ) Solanas . Tragedy in Nine Lives , by Karen Houppert , in 2003 , examined the encounter between Solanas and Warhol as a Greek tragedy and starred Juliana Francis as Solanas . Most recently , in 2011 , was Pop ! , a musical by Maggie @-@ Kate Coleman and Anna K. Jacobs . Pop ! focused mainly on Andy Warhol , with Rachel Zampelli playing Solanas and singing the song " Big Gun " , which was described as the " evening 's strongest number " by The Washington Post . 
