DON’T TOUCH MY HAIR
WHAT: IAMA Theatre Company will continue its 2024/25 season with a workshop production of the final play in the Douglas Lyons comedic trilogy, Don’t Touch My Hair. Lyons created “The Deep Breath Trilogy: New Plays for Black Women” cycle, with Don’t Touch My Hair that completes the series. The trilogy launched with the family play Chicken & Biscuits on Broadway, called “pure entertainment” by TheaterMania, followed by the romantic comedy Table 17, named a Critics Pick by The New York Times which declared the Off-Broadway play, “something we’ve been missing: a gentle, hopeful good time out in the world, in the company of other humans. This is theater as comfort food, and it satisfies a genuine craving.” A piece about friendship, Don’t Touch My Hair follows lifelong best friends Eemani and Jade as they decompress over a good blunt, not knowing the weed is laced with something else. As the duo spiral into a hilarious hallucination, they are able to confront the oppressors of the past dead-on. Velani Dibba, who recently served as associate director on the Geffen Playhouse’s Waiting For Godot, will direct this new work.
WHEN: February 13-24, 2025
SHOWS: 8pm, Thursdays-Mondays (no performance Monday, Feb. 17)
WHERE: Atwater Village Theatre, 3269 Casitas Avenue, Los Angeles
TICKETS: $35 (includes fees)
INFO: Information and tickets are available at iamatheatre.com
