The same nine guys gather every Saturday at Emmett’s Barber Shop in a Birmingham, Alabama neighborhood. There they laugh, offer political solutions, and brag on their female conquests. They can argue, recite poetry, and just be themselves without approval or disapproval from the rest of the world.
The Barber Shop is their world.
Vulnerability, normally a taboo, can exist here in their home away from home. No women are allowed. Except of course, to be admired! Emmett’s Barber Shop is their gentlemen’s club.
Nine guys, Three Saturdays, One Barber Shop in Birmingham Alabama, in 1999.
"It's insightful, it's beautiful, it's clever, it's hilarious, it's heartbreaking..." |
"An evening with Thom Gossom, Jr. transports the audience to a realm in which ordinary becomes extraordinary." |
"Extraordinary." |
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Reviews
"Actor Brings One-Man Show to UWF's Mainstage Theatre"
Pensacola News Journal, September 2006, by Andy Metzger
Pensacola News Journal, September 2006, by Andy Metzger
"One-man Show Hits UWF Mainstage Theatre"
University of West Florida, Voyager, September 2006, by Jamie Secola
University of West Florida, Voyager, September 2006, by Jamie Secola
"Thom Gossom is One Man with Many Faces in 'Speak of Me as I Am' at Court Theater"
Los Angeles Sentinel, August 29, 2002, by Jennifer Bihm
Los Angeles Sentinel, August 29, 2002, by Jennifer Bihm
"...And Speaking of the Barbershop"
EScene, September 11-17, 2002, by Marisele Santana
EScene, September 11-17, 2002, by Marisele Santana
"Barbershop Stories: Gossom spins them in one-man show"
Birmingham Weekly, July 29-August 5, 1999, by Thomas Spencer
Birmingham Weekly, July 29-August 5, 1999, by Thomas Spencer
