ABSTRACT
Wigs and hair are an independent department from the costume shop, but wig and hair designers work closely with costume designers to develop the total look for the performer. Particularly for period and fantasy productions, the transformation of the performer is incomplete without the hairstyle and facial hair. The work of a hair department includes making wigs and facial hairpieces, styling wigs, adding hairpieces or extensions to augment a performer's own locks, and gluing moustaches and beards to faces. This chapter talks about David Zimmerman, Christine 'Micki' Chomicki and Heather Fleming. Wigs provide an important finishing touch to the character onstage, and a costume for the head. A 'wiggy' looking wig or a moustache coming unglued onstage can ruin a show like nothing else. Occasionally the hair gets to steal the scene, and then these artists show off their prowess constructing a towering beehive or an extravagantly twirled moustache.
