Dress Suits To Hire, which won OBIE Awards for both Shaw and Hughes (Shaw for her performance in the original 1987 production and a special citation for Hughes for the 1993 revival), is a mellifluous ode to lesbian eros and a joyful, literate send-up of all romantic fantasy.
In this heady mixture of erotic fantasy and hard-boiled pulp drama, two "sisters" who live in a rental clothing shop use the merchandise to try on various facets of their personalities.
Created by Holly Hughes, Peggy Shaw and Lois Weaver, Dress Suits To Hire is a haunting and hilarious look into a room where one woman embodies a dark and predatory sexuality while the other is struggling against lesbian desires and her autonomous and abusive right hand.
This fresh look at Dress Suits To Hire is a theatrical celebration marking the 25th Anniversary of the founding of the Split Britches Company and reunites Weaver and Shaw with the show's original creative team.
