PRODUCTION COPRODUCED BY THE PUBLIC THEATER AND MAINSTAY
MUSIC THEATER.
MUSIC THEATER. >>4@>4@ THERE IS 4@NOTHING LIKE
FRESH CUP IN STYLE FROM THE
SALON TO MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD.
>> LISA McLEOD HAS 4@BEEN IN TH
BUSINESS OF MAKING PEOPLE FEEL
GOOD FOR 30 YEARS.
BOAT SHE TOOK 4@A NEW JOB IN A
TINY SALON IN PORTLAND THAT SHE
REALIZED HOW IMPORTANT HER WORK
REALLY WAS.
REALLY WAS. >>4@4@4@ THE BIRDS ARE SINGING
CRAZY OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW.
>> THEY ARE.
I COULD HEAR 4@THEM THIS MORNIN
>> THERE IS A LOT OF CHATTER IN
THIS HAIR SALON.
>> THEY PUT CHAIRS ON MY DECK 4@
THIS WEEKEND.
THIS WEEKEND. >> YOU GET THE GOOD AWESOME.
>> THE LADIES WHO SIT IN THESE
CHAIRS ARE NOT JUST FANS OF HER
WORK4@ THEY APPRECIATE HER.
>> I LOVE YOU.
>> I 4@LOVE YOU, TOO.
>> WHETHER THEY COME ONCE A
WEEK OR ONCE EVERY FEW MONTHS,
THERE IS A BOND WHICH MEANS AN @
AWFUL LOT IN A PLACE LIKE THIS.
THESE RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES
AND THEIR NURSING 4@HOME.
>> EVERYBODY GETS A LITTLE
OLDER EVERY DAY.
>> WHEN THEY CAME IN HERE, I
DID NOT KNOW ANYTHING.
>> KATIE IS ONE OF THE MANY
VOLUNTEERS AT THIS AREA.
MANY OF HER DAYS HERE ARE SPENT
HELPING LISA IN THE SALON,
TALKING WITH THE CLIENTS AND
OFFERING A HAND MASSAGE.
>> A LOT OF THEM DO NOT HAVE A
LOT OF VISITORS THEY DO NOT
HAVE A LOT OF CONTACTS, TO 4@
STRETCH THEIR MUSCLES.
THEY FEEL GOOD.
>> WE WILL BE4@4@ HERE.
>> LIKE ANY GOOD STYLIST, LISA
GETS TO KNOW HER CLIENTS,
FIGURING OUT WHAT THEY WANT.
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO GO WITH
THE FLOW, RIGHT?
>> SOMETIMES AND SHE TAKES
INSPIRATION FROM AN OLD PHOTO
IN THE ROOM BUT MOSTLY THAT
INSPIRATION COMES FROM
CONVERSATION4@S.
CONVERSATION4@S. >> I THINK MOST COME IN AND
THEY WANT TO 4@LOOK GOOD, YOU
KNOW, WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY
FEEL WILL MAKE THEM 4@LOOK 4@LI
THEY ARE CLEAN AND COUNT AND
DIGNIFIED.
DIGNIFIED. IT REALLY IS GIVING PEOPLE
THEIR DIGNITY BACK.
>> IT IS A GIFT.
>> YEAH, I THINK SO.
LET ME KNOW IF IT GETS IT
DRIPPING ON YOUR FACE.
>> FOR PEOPLE LIKE DIANE, 30
MINUTES IN THE CHAIR CAN MAKE
AN ENTIRE WEEK, EVEN IF THEY
CANNOT GET OUT OF THEIR CHAIR.
>> YOU DO SUCH A NI4@CE JOB AND
YOU MAKE ME FEEL SO GOOD.4@4@4@
>> USUALLY BEFORE YOU EVEN GET
HALFWAY DOWN THE HALL, YOU HAVE
COMPLIMENTS, DON'T YOU?
>> I DO.
>> I DO.
>> I DO. >> HOW IS THAT?4@4@
>> THAT IS NICE.
>> LISA WAS HESITANT TO TAKE
THE JOB 11 YEARS AGO, WORKING
WITH ONE SPECIFIC AGE GROUP4@,
BUT SOMETIMES LADIES DO NOT
WANT TO LOOK IN THE MIRROR,
EVEN WHEN THERE HAIR LOOKS
BETTER BECAUSE THEY FORGET 4@
THEIR AGE4@ AND WHEN 4@THEY LOO
THE MIRROR, THEY ARE CONFRONTED
WITH THE REALITY OF WHO THEY
ARE AT THAT TIME. 4@
>> AND SOME DAYS IT IS A
DIFFICULT WORKPLACE TO WALK INTO
LISA HAS SEEN PLENTY OF CLIENTS
COME AND GO IN HER 4@TIME HERE.
LISA HAS SEEN PLENTY OF CLIENTS COME AND GO IN HER 4@TIME HERE.@
>> DOESN'T GET EMOTIONAL?
>> YES, IT DOES.4@4@
THE FIRST SIX MONTHS I WORKED
THERE, I 4@WAS ASKED TO DO A GA
HAIR UPSTAIRS AND I A REHAB UNIT
AND I SAID I DID NOT HAVE 4@
ANYTHING FOR A FEW DAYS AND 4@
THEY SAID SHE WILL NOT BE HERE
THEN.
THEN.
THEN. AND
THEN. AND I SAID IS SHE BEING
DISCHARGED AND THEY SAID NO,
SHE IS ACTIVELY DYING.4@
HER FAMILY DOES NOT CARE WHAT
HER HAIR LOOKS LIKE.
THE JUST WANT 4@HER TO BE
COMFORTABLE.4@
COMFORTABLE.4@ IT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
SUMMER AND 90 DEGREES IN A ROOM
UPSTAIRS AND 4@SHE WAS 4@LYING
BED AND THRASHING ABOUT AND SHE
WAS FEVERISH THEY LOWER THE BED
TO THE FLOOR AND I WAS ON MY
KNEES AND I DID WHAT I COULD TO
CUT HER HAIR AND THEN THEY
ACTUALLY ENDED UP CRAWLING INTO
THE BED NEXT TO HER4@ AND 4@DOI
WHAT I COULD TO THE OTHER SIDE
BECAUSE SHE WAS NO LONGER4@
REALLY CONSCIOUS TO GET HER TO
ROLLOVER.
ROLLOVER.
ROLLOVER. AND I CAME DOWNSTAIRS, BAWLING
MY EYES OUT AND SOMEBODY SAID 4@
IT IS 4@SO NICE YOU DID THAT AN
I SAID, YOU KNOW, IT IS NICE
THAT I DID THAT.
33 YEARS AGO, DID I EVER THINK
I WOULD BE DOING ANYTHI4@NG LIK
THAT FOR SOMEONE.
IT REALLY MEANT A LOT TO KNOW
THAT I COULD SOMEHOW EASE HER
COMFORT AND HER PASSING.4@4@
>> THREE DECADES OF CUTTING,
COLORING, AND STYLING --
>> IT IS HARD EARNED.4@
SHE MAKES ME HOT BABE.
>> TH4@E LAST 11 4@YEARS AT THE
SALON HAVE BEEN THE MOST FUN
AND THE MOST REWARDING.4@
>> IT IS NOT THE AESTHETICS.4@
IT IS NOT SOMEBODY THAT IS 30 4@
COMING IN AND SAYING I HAVE
THIS ONE HERE4@ THEY NEVER DOES
WHAT I WANT.
YOU THINK IF THAT IS THE WORST
THING THAT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU IN
YOUR LIFE, THAT IS PRETTY DARN
GOOD.
GOOD.
GOOD. THAT IS A GREAT DAY, 4@YOU KNOW
THESE PEOPLE HAVE 4@A LOT WORSE
GOING ON.
GOING ON.
GOING ON. >> LET ME TAKE A LOOK.
IS THAT OKAY?4@4@
NO MATTER HOW BAD YOUR DAY IS,
YOU COME IN AND LOOK AROUND AND
YOU ALWAYS FEEL BETTER ABOUT
YOUR OWN LIFE AND WHAT YOU ARE
DOING.
DOING.
DOING. THANK YOU FOR COMING.4@
THAT IS 4@RIGHT, MARVELOUS,
DARLING.
DARLING.
DARLING. IF YOU CAN HELP SOMEBODY FEEL
BETTER, IT MEANS SO 4@MUCH TO
THEM.4@
THEM.4@
THEM.4@ >>4@ I LOVED THAT STORY.
>> I KNOW THAT WHEN 4@YOU 4@ARE
WORKING ON THIS STORY, WRITING
THE TAPE, YOU WANTED TO DO
JUSTICE TO IT, THAT WAS A GREAT