WE'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT
ABOUT THE PULITZER PRIZE WINNING
NOVEL "TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD"
OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS
SDMRCHLT THAT'S BECAUSE
PUBLISHED IN JULY.
RIGHT NOW AT THE GUTHRIE IN
MINNEAPOLIS, YOU CAN SEE "TO
KILL A MOCKINGBIRD" ON STAGE.
THE PLAY TAKES PLACE IN 1935
ALABAMA AND THE STORY IS TOLD
THROUGH THE EYES OF SCOUT, THE
DAUGHTER OF WHO IS LAWYER.
HE IS REPRESENTING AN
AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAN ACCUSED OF
RAPING A WHITE WOMAN.
AND ALI, FOR THIS MORNING'S
MINNESOTANS TO MEET, YOU MET THE
LEADING LADIES IN THE LEAD ROLE
SCOUT!
THE TWO ACTRESSES WHO PLAY SCOUT
ARE VERY YOUNG.
MIDDLE SKEERLS, ACTUALLY.
WHEN THEY LEARNED THEY LAND IT
HAD LEADING ROLE OF SCOUT IN "TO
KILL A MOCKINGBIRD," THEY KNEW
GETTING INTO CHARACTER DIDN'T
JUST INCLUDE MEM RISING THEIR
LINES BUT ALSO PULLING OFF THE
RIGHT LOOK.
SCOUT, A TOMBOYISH YOUNG GIRL
INCLUDES A SHORT BOB WHILE A WIG
AT THE GUTHRIE WOULD HAVE BEEN
NO PROBLEM, TOGETHER DECIDED
SPORTING SCOUT SHORT HAIRCUT WAS
THE RIGHT DECISION.
USE WILL SEE, CHOPPING OFF THE
LOCKS TURNS INTO QUITE SPECIAL.
THAT'S WHY IZZY AND MARY, OR
SHOULD WE SAY SCOUT, ARE THIS
WEEK'S MINNESOTANS TO MEET.
FOR THE TWO STARS, MARY AND
ISODORA SWAN IN THE
GUTHRIE'S "TO KILL A
MOCKINGBIRD," BECOMING SCOUT
INCLUDED A TRIP TO THE WIG ROOM.
I HAVE A LOT OF HAIR.
HEAD WIG MASTER LAURA ADAMS
SAYS HER HANDMADE HAIR CREATIONS
CAN TAKE ANYWHERE FROM 25 TO 65
HOURS TO MAKE.
THIS SHOW HAS 11, IS THAT
WHAT WE HAVE, TRICIA?
11.
RATHER THAN WIGS.
THE TECHNIQUE OF TIEING THE
KNOTS IS CALLED VENTILATING.
TOGETHER THESE TWO DECIDED IT
WAS TIME FOR A CLEAN CUT.
I DIDN'T KNOW I HAD THAT LONG
OF HAIR.
I KNOW.
THEIR HAIR-TRANSFORMING ROLE
WELL BEYOND SCOUT.
IT WAS EXCITING.
I WAS REALLY, LIKE, WHEN I WOKE
UP, I WAS, LIKE, OH, BOY, HERE'S
THE DAY.
IT WAS REALLY COOL BECAUSE I
HAD NEVER HAD MY HAIR THAT SHORT
SINCE I WAS, LIKE, FOUR YEARS
OLD.
STRANDS PLAYING THE PART FOR
JULIE LIND, WHO WAS RESENTLY
DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER.
THE GIRLS HEARD THROUGH A
GUTHRIE EMPLOYEE SHE WAS IN NEED
OF A NEW DO.
THAT'S WHEN THEY DECIDED THESE
LOCKS NEEDED TO SERVE A
DIFFERENT PURPOSE SDMRCHLT THE
FACT THAT THEY ARE SO YOUNG, AND
THEY WERE WILLING TO DO THAT.
THEY HAVEN'T MET ME, AND YET
THEY JUST HEARD THAT I NEEDED A
WISHGS AND THEY VOLUNTEERED TO
GIVE UP THEIR HAIR SO THAT'S
JUST AMAZING GIFT FOR THEM TO
GIVE TO ME.
WITH THEIR MOM BY THEIR SIDE,
WE JOINED JULIE FOR HER FIRST
FITTING.
IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
BREAST CANCER TAKES SO MUCH FROM
WOMEN.
YOU KNOW, IT TAKS YOUR HAIR,
POSSIBLY COULD TAKE YOUR
BREASTS.
IT COULD TAKE YOIR OVARIES.
IZZY AND MARY'S HAIR STYLE TO
PERFECTION FOR A PURPOSE.
I REALLY LIKE IT.
SO DO I.
ISN'T IT PRETTY?
YEAH.
I LIKE IT.
THANK YOU.
SO WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, I
LEARNED I WOULD HAVE THIS
CUSTOMIZED HAND-MADE LOVED WIG
TO WEAR, IT TOOK AWAY SOME OF
THAT PAIN OF LOSING MY OWN HAIR.
FOR LAURA, IT IS CERTAINLY
ONE OF HER MORE MEMORABLE
MASTERPIECES.
I THINK ANY CHILD THAT CAN
BRING THEMSELVES OUT OF THEIR
OWN HEAD AND THINK ABOUT OTHERS
AT THEIR AGE IS PRETTY SPECIAL.
SPECIAL INDEED.
SCOUT EVEN THINKS SO, TOO.
WHAT WOULD SCOUT SAY ABOUT
YOU GUYS DONATING YOUR HAIR?
OH.
[ LAUGHTER ]
YOU CAN GO FIRST, IZZY.
YOU CAN GO FIRST.
SHE'D BE KIND OF HAPPY BUT
KIND OF MAYBE CONFUSED WHY
SOMEONE WOULD WANT TO WEAR HER
HAIR.
I THINK OVERALL, SHE WOULD
UNDERSTAND THAT IT HAS MEANING
TO THE PERSON, AND THAT IT'S A
GOOD THING TO DO.
SHE OOEVEND CHULLY LEARN.
YEAH.
LIKE, THROUGHOUT THE PLAY.
SHE'D LEARN THAT GIFG UP YOUR
HAIR IS A NICE THING TO DO.
MARY IS 11.
IZZY IS 12.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY ARE WISE
BEYOND THEIR YEARS.
AND KIM, I KNOW YOU WENT AND SAW
THE PLAY.
I DID, YEAH.
I HAVE TO SAY SCOUT WAS JUST
AMAGZ.
IT WAS MARY WHO, I THINK, WAS
PLAYING IT THAT NIGHT, AND I
CAN'T BELIEVE HOW WELL THEY
REALLY DO KNOW SCOUT'S CHARACTER
BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS HOW
SCOUT WOULD REALLY RESPOND.
IT REALLY IS A FULL-TIME JOB
FOR THESE GIRLS RIGHT NOW.
I KNOW IN THE PLAY LASTS A FEW
MORE WEEKS SO IT'S DEFINITELY
WORTH CHECKING OUT.
HOW GREAT FOR JULIE, TOO.
WHAT A NEAT EXPERIENCE.
I KNOW.
WHEN WE MET JULIE, IT WAS RIGHT
AFTER HER FIRST ROUND OF
CHEMOTHERAPY SO SHE HADN'T LOST
ALL OF HER HAIR YET, BUT NOW THE
WIG IS COMING IN VERY HELPFUL.
FEEL GOOD HAVING THOSE TWO
GIRLS CHEERING FOR ME.
OF COURSE.
SO HERE, IF YOU ARE
INTERESTED IN GOING TO SEE "TO