Pouf!
by Lou Clyde

Highlights

Female

Male

105 mins 1950s Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle) Role(s) for Senior Actor(s) Unit Set/Multiple Settings Period Costumes Comedy

Synopsis

What happens when you mix hair spray, head lice, and a little dab of Elvis?

Hairlarity.

The year is 1958, and Betty finds herself unfulfilled as a housewife.

She and her husband have been unsuccessful in starting a family and her husband will not “permit” her to get a job.

With the encouragement of her sister, Betty secretly sets up an in-home salon, leveraging her prowess with hairspray and bobby pins.

Betty begins to change the lives of neighborhood women by “poufing” their hair.

Pouf!

is an “uplifting” comedy with big hair and even bigger laughs.

Press Reviews

"A play full of heart, rife with characters who truly care about each other… Clyde has written a tight, bold script, one in which dialogue feels intentional, interactions between characters feel natural, and each joke lands right on the money."
— Jasper Project

"Lou Clyde has created a gem of a comedy that through laughter and subtle human insight asks the underlying question: ‘Can a good hairdo really change your life?"
— Carolina Curtain Call

"Consciously heartwarming… will likely appeal in particular to nostalgic suburbanites and boomers."
— South Carolina Free Times

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
BETTY MILLER 28, housewife, married to John	—	—	28, housewife, married to John
JOHN MILLER 29, works at phone company	—	—	29, works at phone company
MARY COLLINS 32, Betty’s sister, mother of four kids	female	—	32, Betty’s sister, mother of four kids
TERESA McCABE 60, widowed mother of Mary and Betty	female	60	60, widowed mother of Mary and Betty
RAY CINDRICK 60s, widower and mailman	—	60s	60s, widower and mailman
MARGO GURSKI Late 30s, mother of six kids	female	30s	Late 30s, mother of six kids