Támar Talks Radio

Ashley Támar met Gretchen while performing the Broadway classic "Motown the Musical." Enjoy this long-awaited conversation (they haven't spoken since 2017) between the ladies about solving problems and finding your niché by being the 1st to curate a path while following your passion.Gretchen has been working as a wig maker since 2005.  While attending school at the University of Cincinnati, College Conservatory of Music (UC/CCM), Gretchen spent her summer building wigs for the Utah Shakespearean Festival (USF) in Cedar City, UT.  After receiving her MFA in Wig and Makeup Design from UC/CCM in 2007, she spent two years as the wig master at the Cincinnati Playhouse and 3 summers as wig master at USF before moving to New York City.  While in NYC, she spent 8 years in the studio of Charles Lapointe and Tom Watson.  As studio manager, she oversaw wig production, taught new employees how to make wigs, and built wigs for various Broadway shows and films, including Memphis, Motown, and Hamilton.  In 2017, she moved t