The Last Hairdresser-Farce to Spritz Wilton Manors
By: Beau Higgins Jun. 14, 2006
The Rising Action Theatre Company announces its second production; The Last Hairdresser; a comedy by Doug Holsclaw. It will be performed at Boom July 14-August 20; Friday and Saturday at 7:30 and Sundays at 2:30. Boom is located at 2232 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors. Tickets are $25 with a discount for groups. They are available by calling 954 567-8550 or you can also buy tickets at Gay Mart which is right next door to Boom.
The Last Hairdresser is a fast and furious farce about a fey airline steward who after being called "stewardess" for the last time, threatens to blow up the plane he is working on. His court ordered rehabilitation is vocational training as a hairdresser where he meets various snippy versions of himself. It is subtitled "the comic reconstruction of the bitchy queen."
The Last Hairdresser was awarded best new play of 2002 by the San Francisco Bay Critics Circle. Reviews included:"-drop dead hilarious." City Search
"witty, incisive and deliciously mean spirited." San Francisco Bay Times
"Steel Magnolias with a kinky twist." LA TimesDoug Holsclaw is a playwright and a stand up comic. He currently teaches stand up comedy and queer theatre at University of California, Santa Cruz. His plays include Knuckles and Crunch, The Plunge, Sin Sisters, The Baddest of Boys, The Life of the Party, and In the Summer When it's Hot and Sticky. His stand up comedy is featured on Wisecrack on the Logo Network. He also tours the country in Solo Shows.
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