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Holly Hughes

“Sins of Omission”

June 18, 19 & 20, 1993

Holly Hughes
After A Fashion

Holly Hughes
Dress Suits to Hire

“In DRESS SUITS TO HIRE, a 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 one struggling against lesbian desires and her autonomous and abusive right hand. 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.“ - LAMAMA

Holly Hughes

How would you describe your work?
Holly Hughes: I would describe it [as] based on personal experience, a new and improved autobiography. Because why would someone just tell their life story without improving on it in some way? I think that’s just lazy, or as Tim Miller, who is also performing, says, ‘Everything you’re about to see tonight is true and some of it actually happened.’ So, it’s kind of a blend of personal experience, political satire, rant, and my poetic license. It’s coming from a lefty, lesbian perspective.

Excerpt from her interview with Union Weekly