You asked about whether I just jumped into the deep end or did I have events that led me up to such a brazen performance. There were events that had led up to it.
Like I said I've been involved in this drama group for a bit. And we are all like minded - we want to put on edgy, boundary pushing shows that leave a lasting memory with the audience. Most of the shows have involved nudity of some kind - although most are plays rather than performance art pieces like this one was.
I had been involved in a few other productions where I had some amount of nudity or simulated sex. Nothing close to this level of exposure though. But I knew from those experiences that I had the guts to take my clothes off on stage and that I really got a thrill out of it.
So when we started talking about Puppets and what it would entail I was interested. When we first set out I think we envisioned a much tamer version of the performance to be honest. And then we just workshopped it every day during rehearsals and it evolved and took on a life of its own. If you had told us what the end product would look like when we started I don't think we would have believed you! lol
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