Issy Knowles of “Body Count”

Listen in as Issy Knowles, the creator & performer of Body Count, discusses imploding and exploding your work, putting a feminist lens on porn, clicking with your collaborators, how online sex culture bleeds back into society, the commodification of intimacy, audience involvement, and the ongoing loneliness of this modern world.

“I think what’s interesting is everybody in this scenario is actually being dehumanized…not just the girls who are hosting, and participating, but the men that are also participating, they are being dehumanized, they are just a number in the queue. So everyone wins! But everyone loses. They get what they came for, but at what cost?”

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Kristin Heckler, Sarah Raimondi, Jacob-Sebastian Phillips, & Pauline Sherrow of “Exposed”

Recognize Theatre presents EXPOSEDListen in as Exposed creator and director Kristin Heckler, along with the cast & co-creators, Sarah Raimondi, Jacob-Sebastian Phillips, and Pauline Sherrow, discuss getting over your prejudices, development with your actors, becoming friends with your show’s real-life protagonist, audience reactions to a show about porn (like recognizing the entire porn soundtrack…), playing depravity with humanity, and why porn isn’t something that just exists behind a screen.

“…the subject matter is intense, and I’ve been very pleased that we’re getting audiences that are having authentic reactions, and allowing themselves to feel it…I think we’ve created a safe space for people to experience all of those emotions…everybody is allowed to have their own experience, and it seems to be leaving a message.”

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