Comb Your Hair (Or You'll Look Like a Slave) - Written for Zoom Platform by
COMB YOUR HAIR (OR YOU’LL LOOK LIKE A SLAVE) is a beautiful yet painful collection of 13 vignettes from young Black women navigating American society. Through scenes and monologues, COMB YOUR HAIR (OR YOU’LL LOOK LIKE A SLAVE) explores how Black women, regardless of their upbringing, skin tone, curl pattern, hair length and texture, contend with the tension between ownership of the self and others’ sense of...
COMB YOUR HAIR (OR YOU’LL LOOK LIKE A SLAVE) is a beautiful yet painful collection of 13 vignettes from young Black women navigating American society. Through scenes and monologues, COMB YOUR HAIR (OR YOU’LL LOOK LIKE A SLAVE) explores how Black women, regardless of their upbringing, skin tone, curl pattern, hair length and texture, contend with the tension between ownership of the self and others’ sense of entitlement to their bodies. This version is written to fit an online format without the use of stage directions.