PLAYED BY KAILIN GLASGOW (LEFT)

DUSTIN

(cis-male, black) A suave, debonair man Lauren meets while on a business trip. His attraction to Lauren tends to come off as shallow and superficial.

PLAYED BY LOUIS ANTHONY BRYAN (RIGHT)

JOEY WILLIS

(cis-male, black) Lauren's Jamaican-born, sweet as pie, gentle, dread locs boyfriend whom her mom doesn’t like due to his "unkempt" hairstyle. Laid-back personality, met Lauren when she was younger and they have been together for 7 years.

Series Pilot
Episode 1 - “Fix Your Hair”
Song runtime: 2:59

Lauren is at the height of her career reminiscing about the generational curses of styling a black girl’s hair. She rebels against the way Nana wants her to style her hair and her mom’s distant ways. Her grandmother meets a queer white troubled and lost teen that was violated, Jim, after work one day and takes him in as her own son.

Episode 2- “Growing out of My Head”
Song runtime: 1:48

Through animated songs turning back the hands of time, we meet sweet, Rastafarian Joey Willis who is smitten with Lauren. Her over-bearing mother, has no problem expressing her disdain for Joey. Why does she wear this rude, hurtful armour? Does she regret her own choices and therefore is trying to sabotage her daughter’s choices? Does she even realize she’s doing it? Is she secretly jealous of her own daughter? Later in life, Lauren and Joey meet up again and hook up. Lauren knows her mother won’t like this rebellious act.

Episode 3 – “Relax – her”
Song runtime: 2:58

Lauren’s opinionated and feisty Nana schools the younger generation about maintaining chemically treated hair. Lauren’s hair is starting to fight back, the new growth wants to take over and break free from the relaxed stringy hot mess. Her best friend, fight-the-power, head strong, wears her hair natural, Lacy, convinces her to get her hair done at a “modernized” salon instead of the dated “Blessed Tresses”. Lacy plants the seed that Lauren should run her own salon. This is the first time Lauren shares with Lacy she’s been secretly seeing another man that she met at an out-of-town Hair Conference. She hasn’t slept with him yet, merely toying with her idea of love. Gayle’s self-serving ways increase when she threatens to expose Lauren’s infidelity.

Series Pilot
Episode 4 – “Big Chop”
Song runtime: 2:59

Lauren must confront her behavior as both men have proposed to her. She realizes she can't step into her future with such unresolved issues. The question remains: is the smooth, debonair, yet shallow Dustin Colley as deeply invested in her as Joey is? To find out, Lauren invites Dustin over to discuss whether they should continue their superficial relationship. At the same time, she needs to determine if Joey will love her for her true self, given their seven-year history together. In a symbolic act, Lauren chops off her stressed hair to reveal a glorious afro that expresses her natural essence. The question is: who will stick around for her authentic self? Rebellion can either liberate you or estrange you.

Episode 5 – “This Old Place”
Song runtime: 6:37

Gladys' health has been deteriorating due to prolonged exposure to chemicals, leading to numerous hospital visits that strain and worry the family. During this time, Jim meets his love interest at the hospital and becomes an honorary member of the family, forming a close bond with Lauren and a sibling-like relationship with Gayle. The gravity of Gladys' condition humbles Gayle, prompting her to confront and amend her sabotaging behavior.

Episode 6 – “Be Mine”
Song runtime: 2:08

Gladys has passed away, leaving a sense of sorrow in her wake. Meanwhile, Lauren has finally freed herself from her inner turmoil.Joey proposes to Lauren once more, coinciding with the imminent opening of her salon. The question lingers: did Lauren achieve what she wanted, or did she find what she truly needed?As everything comes together, wedding plans unfold alongside Joey's proposal at the salon's opening party. With their future ahead of them, the episode concludes with a heartfelt song, encapsulating the journey and the promise of what lies ahead.

Portia Clark - CBC

"Love, love, love this show ....Great writing, acting, music I highly recommend!

Morgan Mullin -
The Coast Magazine

Halifax’s answer to both Lorraine Hansberry and Lin-Manuel Miranda: The type of show-creator who doesn’t just tell stories of underrepresented communities - but rather invites audiences into these communities’ worlds

Ann Helga - Classical musician

Its the most beautifully musical, heart warming, funny, tragic, delightful, entertaining, dance-in-your chair, lovely piece of theatre you ever wish to see! - your soul will thank you!

Jackie Torrens

...Great cast and band and crew! Congrat's to everyone!

Tara Taylor - Creative Producer

Born in East Preston, Nova Scotia, Canada; Manager of Light House GO streaming service; CBC Information Morning Cultural Columnist; Partner / Playwright/ Screenwriter / Director; Festival Director - Emerging Lens Cultural Film Festival; 2021; Recipient of the African Nova Scotian Music Awards Industry Development Award sponsored by the Black Business Initiative for her body of work in presenting musical theatre and film; a playwright, filmmaker, actress, Co-Chair - Women in Film & Television; Visual Arts Nova Scotia member, Owner/Stylist of The Braiding Lounge Salon. Tara is thrilled to finally be bringing Love, Peace & Hairgrease to the stage and screen internationally.

Lindsay Watson - Executive Producer

Canadian, British and Irish producer Lindsay Watson is CEO of global media company CANUK Productions. Founded in 2013 and based in London, England CANUK produces female-led, diverse, inclusive and eco projects; on screen and behind the scenes.With over fifteen years experience managing international big-budget projects Lindsay has worked with Disney, Family Channel, Channel5/Viacom, NBCUniversal, Moonbug, WildBrain, Cake Entertainment and Sky Kids on creative development, financing, production and distribution of hundreds of projects. Her background across marketing, distribution, law and musical theatre converge on this project as she was previously Digital Lead at Cameron Mackintosh (producer of "Les Misérables" and "Phantom of the Opera") and Head of Animation at BAFTA-winning Kindle Entertainment.She's a three-time founder with strong working knowledge of business affairs and enjoys working with BCorps and companies that support the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.

Mark Flowerdew - Composer

Mark Amadeus Flowerdew (he/him) is a Halifax-based songwriter, producer, film composer, and musical jack-of-all-trades. Mark grew up in a home that always had a piano around, and thank goodness for that. He learned piano by ear from the age of 7 and gradually learned plenty more instruments, but his favourite hobby was composing. He started out studying engineering but felt convinced to abandon ship and dive into a music career.His first step was the solo album “Lenten Carols” (2016), featuring eclectic songs inspired by Lent. Mark's self-produced second solo album “Let’s Go” (2021) was nominated for an East Coast Music Award. Inspired by the songwriting of Randy Newman and Paul McCartney, Mark's whimsical gospel folk-pop showcases adventurous chords and musical intentionality from a bygone era. Mark’s charming tunes explore unexpected facets of a life following Jesus, promising rest from your troubles, a challenge to your assumptions, and hope that your life is in good hands.Since studying audio production, Mark has created soundtracks for short films and two feature-length documentaries, one of which aired nationally on CBC. He was the music director, arranger, and co-composer for the play "Love, Peace & Hairgrease" (2022). Mark composed theme music for a weekly provincial broadcast on CBC radio, as well as a missa brevis and multiple motets for choir. Mark’s current work delivers music programs for seniors in long-term care.

Charity Stairs - Composer

Whether outfront with energy and electric infusion or behind the scenes creating and composing one thing that rings clear is a passion for music. Charity has been involved in music from the begining, singing in church with family as a small child and starting piano lessons at age of five. Singing in various groups growing up and backups for some local bands. Even getting to travel to NY state in her teens to compete in church talent competitions, even pushing the envelope and writing raps when there was no category for that. She has had the privilege to work with many different talents throughout the years, as well as the honor being lead composer for Viola Desmond the musical.Having written multiple musicals for church, her band and contributing to other musicals music sis an honor. Lead singer of Funk family she loves to help create their own sound writing and composing many of the original songs with her group. Her passion is to create music you feel in your soul that gives wings to your inner being and gives you freedom to be yourself. There is nothing more beautiful when you can own your voice see your own beauty and be free to be your yourself, a priceless original. Music has given Charity the power to see and own all that and she desires through her sultry soulful creativity to share that empowerment to all who hear.

Ross Unger - Composer

Ross Unger is a multi-disciplinary artist whose work explores themes of queerness, immigration, neurodiversity, and other inter-sectional feminist ideas. In 2015/2016 Ross immigrated to Turtle Island (Canada) and co-founded a social justice community arts nonprofit called Dramatic Changes (www.dramaticchanges.ca). Ross has created queer childrens books, full length musicals, jazz compositions, performance art pieces, immersive experiences, and an anti-oppressive improv troupe.

Carmahn McCalla - Graphic Designer

Carmahn McCalla is a Black Canadian/Jamaican visual artist from Nova Scotia who creates illustrations and animations. She graduated with a Bachelor of Applied Computer Science from Dalhousie University, and is interested in harnessing her artistic abilities toward developing a career in UI/UX design and web development. Projects she has worked on in the past include illustrating the children's book "Kiana Goes to the Symphony" by Kathryn Brown (2022), designing the event program for the African Nova Scotian Music Association's 25th Awards show (2023), collaborating on an African Nova Scotian community leaders installation at University of King's College (2023), creating illustrations to assist the Halifax Public Library's first Artist in Residence (2021), designing graphics for the musical production of "Love, Peace and Hairgrease" (2022), designing interior graphics and the website for the Braiding Lounge Salon (2021), and re-designing the website for the Emerging Lens Film Festival (2023) and Epiphany HR Consulting (2024).