Body Awareness

Body Awareness

by Annie Baker

Directed by Ken Webster



April 8 - May 8, 2010

Thursday-Saturdays at 8:00 PM



It's "Body Awareness Week" at a very-liberal-indeed liberal arts college in Shirley, Vermont, and tensions are coming to a  head. Phyllis, one of the organizers, can't get people to stop calling it "Eating Disorders Week" ("if we could correct the mistake on any posters or pulicity materials, that would be great.")  Her partner Joyce is trying to persuade her socially awkward son ("ctually, I'm not a kid. I'm 21. I'm could have sex with an adult woman.") that he may have Asperger's Syndrome. Frank, the guest artist staying at their home, photographs nude women of all ages...all ages. A warm and hilarious comedy of sexual and family politics by one the hottest young NYC playwrights, Body Awareness was staged off-Broadway in 2008 with JoBeth Williams and was nominated for a Drama Desk Award and an Outer Critics Circle Award.