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    Chicago Film Fest.jpg
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    Dames Like Her

    Hilarious and fearless, Dames Like Us

    goes straight for the funny in its mission

    to politely demolish long-held stereotypes

    of women "of a certain age".

     

    Like the groundbreaking Vagina Monologues

    but less vagina, more laughs. 

    Audiences are welcomed by Sofia, an Argentinian bikini-waxer who is the take-no-prisoners proprietress of Salon de Sofia, a tiny NYC salon spa.

    Dames Like Her 

    is now

     Although she originally performed the play solo, Rizzo is now joined by three of

    NY's top character actresses as they all move from wig to wig -  transforming themselves into a series of beauty technicians and their diverse clientele,

    mature women with surprising pasts, sturdy opinions and enduring passions. 

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    Outrageously honest as it is funny, the play touches on some taboo hotspots, sexual, political and otherwise, blowing the lid off what is really said in the company of dames.

     

    While it may be geared to the baby-boomer generation, millenials and gen-Xers swear it also speaks directly to life in the 21st Century.

    Dames Like Us  remains always fresh and topical with its innovative rotating characters and cast - so feel free to come back again!

    "The writing is just brilliant

    and her performance is impeccable."

     

    Elizabeth Reid, Our Town

     

    Men,
    bring your defibrillators
     
    Women,
    bring Depends.

    GUYS love us, too!