Unicorn Announces AND HER HAIR WENT WITH HER, Opens 4/30

Wigs, weaves and pop culture! Unicorn Theatre closes out the 36th season of BOLD NEW PLAYS with a funny and poignant "blowout" of African-American sisterhood and identity. Zina Camblin's And Her Hair Went With Her came out of the National New Play Network (NNPN), having received productions at Phoenix Theatre, New Jersey Repertory Company and Fountain Theatre (all NNPN theatres) and was read at the Unicorn in 2008. Jacqueline L. Gafford will direct Nedra Dixon and Teisha M. Bankston as they portray stylists Jasmine and Angie and all their eccentric clients. As they dish the dirt in the salon, we discover our hairstyles are reflections of our self image. Layered on top is the soulful music of Nina Simone. Performances are Tuesday-Thursday at 7:30 pm, Friday and Saturday at 8:00 pm and Sunday at 3:00 pm.

There will be a Saturday matinee at 3:00 pm on May 1st. Talk-back performances with the actors and director will follow the performances on May 4th, 9th and 11th. Tickets can be purchased online at www.unicorntheatre.org, by phone at 816-531-PLAY or at the box office.

Cast and Creative Team
AND HER HAIR WENT WITH HER is directed by Jacqueline L. Gafford who has previously directed The Women of Brewster Place and Crowns at the Unicorn. The cast features Nedra Dixon (Previously at the Unicorn: (Acting) Bare and The Women of Brewster Place; (Directing) Grey Gardens) and Teisha M. Bankston (Previously at the Unicorn: A House With No Walls). Scenic design by Jason Coale (Previously at the Unicorn: The Clean House and The Velvet Rut), lighting design is by Alex Perry (Previously at the Unicorn: Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You and My First Time), sound design by Joseph Concha (Unicorn Debut), costume design by Jon Fulton Adams (Recently at the Unicorn: Grey Gardens, My First Time, Speech & Debate and The Clean House), properties design by Ron MeGee (Unicorn design Debut) with Jinni Pike as Stage Manager (recently at the Unicorn: Grey Gardens, Miss Witherspoon, My First Time and bare).

The Playwright
Zina Camblin recently completed a residency at The Juilliard School under Marsha Norman and Christopher Durang, as a part of the Juilliard Playwrighting Fellowship. While at Juilliard, she has received the Lecomte du Nouy Prize for playwrighting. Her play, And Her Hair Went With Her, was selected as part of Lincoln Centers Directors Lab play reading series and enjoyed a successful reading as a part of the Lab. In addition, And Her Hair Went With Her enjoyed successful readings at The Culture Project, the Tribeca Theater Festival, and most recently as part of New Jersey Repertory Theater's Script in Hand Series. The play was produced by the Phoenix Theater in Indianapolis, as well as New Jersey Repertory Theater, Horizon Theater in Atlanta, The Fountain Theater in Los Angeles, and the Unicorn Theater in Kansas City. Past productions and workshops of her other work include: Memoirs to Live/ Brooklyn Arts Exchange, Bedroom Stories/ Jon Sims Center for the Performing Arts, in San Francisco, Life's a Drag/ UC San Diego, and Bunni and Clyde/Know Theater. As a consultant for NYU's Creative Arts Team, she helped to create several interactive theatre scripts for young audiences. As an assistant writer, she contributed to The Jonestown Project, a commission by Berkeley Repertory Theater. Zina is a native of Cincinnati and received her BA from Butler University and her MFA in Acting from UC San Diego where she was also a recipient of a San Diego Playbill Award. She is currently living in Los Angeles where she recently completed developing a television pilot for NBC. As an African American playwright she is committed to creating unique and strong voices for people of color.

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