THE TANK PRESENTS ZOË GELTMAN’S PUFFY HAIR

DIRECTED BY JULIA SIRNA-FREST, NOVEMBER 4–20

Existential Stand-Up Meets Raw Feminist Rant in One-Woman Show

Puffy Hair is a night of existential stand-up laced with a theatrical embrace of the absurd. Using

Vaudeville-cum-Fosse dance moves, Puffy Hair investigates one woman’s ambivalent and tortured

relationship to the male gaze, which she alternately cozies up to and execrates. The show is a catharsis

of self-hatred, body dysmorphia, and self-aggrandizement. A vigorous dose of lipstick smears and

shoulder pads. A marriage between Joan Rivers and gastrointestinal turbulence. A struggle to make

space for the existential pressure of a bun.

“Confessional, cathartic, and theatrical – this is my mantra,” says Geltman. “I love making theater that

examines the mundane and then pries it open to uncover the horrible weirdness that lurks inside all of

us. By embracing the confessional framework of stand-up, my hope is that audiences will recognize the

absurdity of living inside a body that is pulled between the burning desire for truth and the need for

comfort and avoidance.”

The additional creative team for Puffy Hair includes costume and set designer Enver Chakartash and

lighting designer Sarah Lurie.

Nine performances of Puffy Hair take place Thursday through Saturday at 7pm from November 4–20 at

The Tank, located at 312 W 36th Street in Manhattan.

Tickets, priced at $15–$25, can be purchased online at

www.thetanknyc.org or by calling (212) 563-6269.