Plum Salon & Spa
Singing along with Steph
01/04/12 12:52 Filed in: History
So, this probably leads you to wonder, who is this strange girl; this strange-artsy-fartsy-slightly-musically-inclined-hairstylist-that-reads-too-many-books? I’m Steph and I’d like to say that it is exactly that crazy path described above that got me here writing blogs for PRiMA.
I work in Lancaster at Plum Salon and Spa (you should come visit…I appear on an [almost] daily basis – I’m highly entertaining and I do some damn good hair too) as a Jedi Master of the Coif (or, you can go by the more basic description - a color and style artist according to the description on my business card). The owners of Plum are dear friends of PRiMA’s founders, Mitch & Diana Nugent. Shortly after the salon opened, I was lucky enough to have the very lovely and charismatic Diana as my client. I adored her from the start and she was gracious enough to allow me to cut of A LOT of her hair and told me about a theatre company she and her husband had started. I have to say I’m all for 'do-it-yourself' so I was intrigued. The appointment time went too quickly and before I knew it time was up and Diana (with a killer bob and highlights) had to leave.
Several weeks later I had another Nugent in my chair; this time the very enigmatic (albeit slightly anxious looking) Mitch. It was the eve (ok, Saturday morning) before Chess in Concert was to premiere. Not knowing much about the musical we chatted about it the entire haircut - the themes, music, origins. Now I was completely curious.
I caught Chess the final Sunday night of its run and wish I would have been able to see it more than once. Everything about the production was completely amazing – vocals, dancing, talent. It is a rare thing to catch a performance that has you so captivated the entire time you forget where you are and Chess totally did that for me. It was unlike anything else I had seen or experienced in the entertainment world before – just fresh, pared down theater with some really rad people starring and producing it. I was transfixed, hooked and baffled how I didn’t know something like this existed before in Lancaster! Needless to say I’ve been in the crowd ever since.
The best description I can liken seeing a PRiMA production to is going to see your favorite band in concert. The anticipation to the actual date is incredible, you arrive eager to hear what they will open with, if you’ll hear your favorite song and everybody else in the entire club (theater, stadium) wonders the same thing then the show starts and the fun begins.
There is a quote from one of my favorite
bands that goes as follows:
“I’m driving listening to my radio, checking out the airwaves for something to believe in. Give me something to hold true, give me something to sing about. Give me a reason to care, and I’ll sing along forever.”
There is something unique about PRiMA productions and their audience. Everyone there wants to have fun and enjoy the experience. The performances are true, modern and relevant which is why I’ll always be back for more.
Singing along forever,
Steph