Two Houston Women – One an Author, One an Actress – To Cross Paths July 31 When Actress Plays Author at Main Street Theater

Two Houston women – one a popular actress, the other a New York Times bestselling author –will cross paths July 31, when the actress plays the author in a cancer-themed performance at the Main Street Theater in the Montrose area.
The play is based on the humorous and poignant book of the same name by Joni Rodgers who wrote about her personal experience with cancer. The author lives in The Woodlands area today, but was a Champions/FM 1960 resident when she wrote the memoir.

Rodgers will be in the audience watching Lisa Hamilton’s performance in the production of “Bald in the Land of Big Hair.” Hamilton, who has performed at the Alley Theater and other local venues, lives in Clear Lake.

Pink Ribbons Project, a nonprofit organization that supports the fight against breast cancer, is presenting the event, which will benefit The Rose, a 24-year-old nonprofit breast cancer organization that provides screening, diagnosis and access to treatment for all women, regardless of their ability to pay.

Steve Ford, son of the late President Gerald Ford, will be a featured guest. He is attending the event in honor of his 92-year-old mother Betty Ford, widow of the former President. The former first lady, who lives in Rancho Mirage, CA, famously and publicly fought breast cancer in 1974 while her husband was in office.

Houston-based Hope Tree Home Loans and KUHF-FM, Houston Public Radio, are major sponsors. Tickets are available for $100. Sponsorship opportunities are available starting at $1,000.

Event Facts:
Bald in the Land of Big Hair
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Main Street Theater – at Chelsea Market
4617 Montrose Blvd.
Houston

6 p.m. – Reception
7 p.m. - Curtain Call
Panel discussion following – with Steve Ford, Joni Rodgers, Dorothy Weston Gibbons, Co-Founder and CEO of The Rose and Susan Rafte, Founder Survivor of Pink Ribbons Project.

To purchase tickets or learn about sponsorship opportunities, call Michelle Hansen at The Rose, 281-464-5165. For more information about The Rose, http://www.the-rose.org/2010_BaldLandBigHair.html. For more information about Pink Ribbons Project, visit http://www.pinkribbons.org/.