Don’t Touch My Hair
by Douglas Lyons
A WORKSHOP PRODUCTION IN ASSOCIATION WITH JESSICA GREEN HARRISON
IAMA Theatre Company, Los Angeles
“‘Don’t Touch My Hair’ is a hallucinogenic, time-traveling adventure to an active plantation.”
Don’t Touch My Hair is the final play in Douglas Lyons’ “The Deep Breath Trilogy: New Plays for Black Women.” The trilogy launched with the family play Chicken and Biscuits on Broadway in 2021, followed by the Off-Broadway romantic comedy Table 17 in 2024.
Photos by Heimbuck Photography.
PRODUCTION TEAM
Rosalind Bevan, Associate Director
Randy Wong-Westbrooke, Set Designer
Erica Ammerman, Lighting Designer
Brendan Doyle, Original Sound Design
Devario Simmons, Costume Designer
Shelia Dorn, Wig Designer
Celina Lee Surniak, Intimacy & Fight Director
Dennis Ho, Production Stage Manager
Zachary Phaneuf, Technical Director
Jonathan To, Sound Programmer
Ethan Pakchar, Original Compositions