Da Kink in My Hair is a play by Trey Anthony

Trey Anthony

Trey Anthony is a Canadian comedian and playwright.Born in England, Anthony is a regular on the Canadian comedy circuit. She began doing stand-up comedy during African Nubian Comedy Nights at Yuk-Yuk's....

, which debuted at the Toronto Fringe Festival

Toronto Fringe Festival

The Toronto Fringe Festival is an annual theatre festival, featuring uncensored plays by unknown or well-known artists, taking place in the theatres of Toronto. Several productions originally mounted at the Fringe have later been remounted for larger audiences, including the Tony Award-winning...

 in 2001.
The play's central character is Novelette, the Caribbean Canadian

Black Canadian

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 owner of Letty's, a Toronto hair salon. Novelette is forced to confront her goals and ideals in life when she receives news that her onetime boyfriend Cedric, who loaned her the money to open the salon, has died and his daughter Verena is demanding repayment of the loan.

The play subsequently expanded to Theatre Passe-Muraille in 2003, and was nominated for four Dora Awards. Mirvish Productions

Mirvish Productions

Mirvish Productions is a Canadian based theatrical production company and promoter.The company was founded in 1987 by David Mirvish, son of Toronto retailing icon and owner of the Royal Alexandra Theatre Ed Mirvish....

 then underwrote a larger production at the Princess of Wales Theatre

Princess of Wales Theatre

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 in 2005. The show has also been produced at the San Diego Repertory Theatre

San Diego Repertory Theatre

The San Diego Repertory Theatre was developed out of Indian Magique, a street theater group of actors/writers/directors/producers who were fellow theatre graduates from USIU. Founded initially in 1975 by Sam Woodhouse, Christopher R, John Lee and others, they met in the loft of the old Spreckels...

 in San Diego

San Diego, California

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,
and at the Hackney Empire

Hackney Empire

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 in London

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.

Television adaptations

A one-hour television pilot based on the play was produced in 2004 by VisionTV's Cultural Diversity Drama Competition.
The pilot starred Sheryl Lee Ralph

Sheryl Lee Ralph

Sheryl Lee Ralph is an American actress, singer, and activist.-Personal life:Raised between Mandeville, Jamaica, and Long Island, New York, Sheryl Lee Ralph was born in Waterbury, Connecticut to an African American father and a Jamaican mother. Sheryl attended Uniondale High School in Uniondale, NY...

 as Novelette, Shakira Harper as her daughter Michelle, Kim Roberts

Kim Roberts

Kim Roberts is an award-winning American poet, author, and editor residing in Washington, D.C..-Life:Roberts was born in Charlotte, North Carolina...

 as Verena, Mimi Kuzyk as Novelette's friend and client Iris, Trey Anthony as Novelette's sister Joy, and Ngozi Paul

Ngozi Paul

Ngozi Paul is an award winning, Canadian actress best known as the co-creator, co-executive producer, and actress on Global TV hit comedic drama Da Kink in My Hair....

, James Codrington and Richard Chevolleau

Richard Chevolleau

Richard Chevolleau is a Jamaican-Canadian actor. Although born in Kingston, Jamaica he was raised in Toronto.After completing High School he studied the Meisner Technique of acting....

 as stylists working at Letty's.

TV series

A half-hour weekly series adaptation began airing on Global Television Network

Global Television Network

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 in the 2007-08 television season

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. The series cast includes Ordena Stephens

Ordena Stephens

Ordena Stephens is a Canadian actress. She currently stars in the television series Da Kink in My Hair. She is also credited as Ordena Stephens-Thomas.Her other roles include Blue Murder.-External links:*...

, Trey Anthony, Ngozi Paul, Richard Fagon, and Conroy Stewart.