A quintet of actors play more than two dozen roles in Bad Girls: The Stylists, Astrid Saalbach’s dark-to-its-roots comedy about stylists and clientele who unload a lot more than hair while getting groomed. As salon scissors snip, secrets spill. (Try saying that five times fast.) Director Breahan Pautsch oversees the coifs and the confessions in a play that goes from comedy to tragedy and back again in less time than it takes to get a perm. It runs through April 14 at Akvavit Theatre at Strawdog Theatre, 1802 W. Berenice Ave. $25, $15 students/seniors/industry; visit ChicagoNordic.org
Caption: Cast of Bad Girls: The Stylists. Photo by Karl Clifton-Soderstrom