Big Hair: A Rad and Wild Love Affair at Santa Monica Playhouse
Dates: 11/16/2025
📍 Theatre: Santa Monica Playhouse
1211 4th Street
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Big Hair: A Rad and Wild Love Affair is a musical dramedy that explores the fleeting romance between two comedic legends through the lens of their iconic alter egos, Dr. Frankenstein and Roseanne Roseannadanna. Written and performed by Maegan Mandarino, the show reflects on a relationship that continues to resonate over 20 years later. This engaging performance blends humor and heartfelt emotion, providing a unique look at love and legacy in a modern vaudeville style.
Cast and Creative Team for Big Hair: A Rad and Wild Love Affair at Santa Monica Playhouse
Cast
Mz. REKA
Black Don’t Crack
Jeff Keller
Black Don’t Crack
Darrell Goss
Black Don’t Crack
Alia Atkins
Black Don’t Crack
Miles Otway
Black Don’t Crack
Rejyna Douglass-Whitman
Trans Mom vs Family court: Justice Sees No Gender
Albie Selznick
Letter From David
Dee Freeman
Poison Gun
Paulina Combow
Adopted by Appalachians
Rahvaunia Johnson
tHis Is Very IMPORTANT
Anne DiGiovanni
EXES: The musical
Ruthie Danziger
My Great Turnaround
Misha Kofman
The Six at Ten
Tim Torre
The Six at Ten
Madeleine Lemay
The Six at Ten
Theda Weston
The Six at Ten
Paul Linke
The Summer I Got Old
Celine Athan
Cruel Landlord
Maegan Mandarino
Big Hair: A Rad and Wild Love Affair
Tanya Thomas
Naturally Tan
Rosie Byrne
The Best of Constance & Florence
Kate Huffman
The Best of Constance & Florence
Berry Under Your Bed
Cruel Landlord
Zuleika Moreno
Black Don’t Crack
Emmet Sempek
Cruel Landlord
Jackie Brehiman
Cruel Landlord
Venessa Verdugo
HOOLIGANI
Jenn Brown
If Truth Be Told
Ian Michael Scheller
My Unexpected Journey Into Magic
Natasha Mikha
Marilyn Monroe, Unknown Letters
Andrew Searles
Black Don’t Crack
Pattie Fitzgerald
Wise Ass Women from the Westside
Janora McDuffie
Earth, Wind & Car Fire
Sonja Marie
FREE BRICKS
Phil Stewart
John Huston: The Stuff that Dreams Are Made Of
Becca Beberaggi
I’m Not Here Right Now
The California Shakespeare Company
Will Power Shakespeare Hour
Lindsay Lucas-Bartlett
Trust Me, I’m From Essex
Susan Landon
Wise Ass Women from the Westside
Wendy Hammers
Wise Ass Women from the Westside
Zach Ring
The Advocate
Cynthia Spierer
A Crack in Everything
Lauri Fraser
The Hairdresser…your therapy session or mine?
Maria Fagan Hassani
Atypical Grace
Pina
Mafia Anonymous: The Women Speak
Rheagan Wallace
STAGE MAMMA
Carmen Scott
Dream Role
Marilyn Anderson
How to Live Like a Millionaire, When You’re a Million Short
Cydne Moore
Absolutely Halloween
Tara Parker
Jane and the Magic Album
Marcello Padilla
Jane and the Magic Album
Aubrey Clyburn
Jane and the Magic Album
Jane Ellen Stern
Jane and the Magic Album
Megan Wright
Absolutely Halloween
Graham Silbert
Absolutely Halloween
Charlotte Robinson
Absolutely Halloween
Joseph Perez
Absolutely Halloween
Shelley Cooper
Rag Doll on a Bomb Site
J.T. Melaragno
Absolutely Halloween
Isabel Lindley
Absolutely Halloween
Hilary Kang Oglesby
The Advocate
Clarissa Park
The Advocate
Reina Guthrie
The Advocate
William Duffy
The Advocate
Rob Nagle
The Advocate
Creative Team
Carmen Scott
Producer
Jessica Lynn Johnson
Director
Carmen Scott
Writer
Marilyn Anderson
Writer
Rejyna Douglass-Whitman
Performer
Jeannette Lawler
Drums
Joseph Lewczak
Musical Director
Joseph Lewczak
Writer
Olivia Facini
Director
Anne DiGiovanni
Performer
Anne DiGiovanni
Producer
Anne DiGiovanni
Writer
Rejyna Douglass-Whitman
Producer
Rahvaunia Johnson
Creator
Rejyna Douglass-Whitman
Writer
Luis Villanueva
Tech/Art Producer
Kelsey Miller
Director
Shelley Cooper
Choreographer
Shelley Cooper
Composer
Shelley Cooper
Lyrics
Shelley Cooper
Book
Miles Otway
Host
Maegan Mandarino
Writer
Tanya Thomas
Producer
Tanya Thomas
Writer
Zuleika Moreno
Co-Producer/Performer
Mz. REKA
Producer/Performer
Jeff Keller
Headliner
Darrell Goss
Performer
Alia Atkins
Performer
Rheagan Wallace
Writer
Laura Maccabee
Director
Albie Selznick
Writer
Juliette Jeffers
Director
Dee Freeman
Writer
Paulina Combow
Performer
Paulina Combow
Writer
Rahvaunia Johnson
Writer
Christinna Chauncey
Acting Coach
Lindsay Lucas-Bartlett
Performer
Lindsay Lucas-Bartlett
Writer
Susan Landon
Performer
Wendy Hammers
Performer
Pattie Fitzgerald
Performer
Suzanne Bressler Zoltan
Associate Producer
Eric Scott Golovan
Director
Cynthia Spierer
Writer
Sergei Stern
Composer
Jessica Lynn Johnson
Producer
Heather Dowling
Director
Maria Fagan Hassani
Writer
Pina
Writer/Performer
Heather Dowling
Character Coach
Rheagan Wallace
Producer
Jen West
Director
Aaron Wilson
Music
Sergei Stern
Director
Sergei Stern
Writer
Lindsay Perry
Director
Evelyn Rudie
Director
Chris DeCarlo
Director
Zach Ring
Director
Zach Ring
Writer
Joseph Megel
Director
Janora McDuffie
Writer
Ernie Silva
Director
Sonja Marie
Writer
Paul Linke
Director
Phil Stewart
Writer
Becca Beberaggi
Producer
Becca Beberaggi
Writer
News About Big Hair: A Rad and Wild Love Affair at Santa Monica Playhouse
Maegan Mandarino to Perform BIG HAIR at the Santa Monica Playhouse BFF Binge Fringe Festival
October 30, 2025 Maegan Mandarino will perform BIG HAIR: A Rad and Wild Love Affair in direct partnership with the Gene Wilder Foundation as the closing show of the Santa Monica Playhouse BFF Binge Fringe Festival.
BINGE FREE FESTIVAL Returns To Santa Monica Playhouse For 10th Anniversary Season
August 26, 2025 Santa Monica Playhouse will reopen its newly refurbished Main Stage this fall with the return of the Binge Free Festival (BFF), celebrating its 10th Anniversary Season from October 14 through November 16, 2025.
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BIG HAIR: A RAD AND WILD LOVE AFFAIR to Premiere at the Hollywood Fringe Festival
May 24, 2022 BIG HAIR. the musical-comedy and one-woman show about two of the silver screen’s most dynamic performers, Gilda Radner and Gene Wilder, will premiere at the Hollywood Fringe Festival Friday, 6/10 for two shows at The Broadwater Second Stage.About the Theatre
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Shelley Fisher’s The Hebrew Hillbilly – Fifty Shades of Oy Vey! A “Spectacular!” theatre concert! (06/06/26-06/06/26)
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