[ENF] Naked in a Play

[daveduchovny]

Real women's reactions to unexpected situations in which they are naked in mixed company, or in public... this is EXACTLY the right site to talk about this kind of thing! And this is the right sub-forum, and this is the right thread.

[Wuffa]

Originally Posted by charlz

This thread is much ado about nothing(!). Nothing erotic here at all, try an agony aunt at one of the papers please.

It's all good from my perspective. Maybe you should lighten up and stop posting things that serve no purpose except make you feel like a big man? Don't discourage people if they are on topic and within rules.

[JennMN]

The show just opened, and as expected it got strong reactions. I think the show itself is really good, but the use of nudity has caused a big stir at the university. I guess the director never really got the permission of the right people to do full nudity. And the admin is angry to say the least. I'm kinda glad the director is getting shit, because I feel like my friend was taken advantage of. I think she's a bit sorry she did it now, but the play has two more weeks to run and I don't know if any plans have been made to change it. The newspaper did a story on the show and mentioned the nudity, but of course no pics of that. My friend has gotten even more comments on her apperance than she usually gets, and I know audience members who were visibily shocked to see it emphasized so much. No disclaimers were even printed in the programs in advance, although there was a sign in the lobby talking about no flash photography, no recording devices and that the show contained brief nudity, thought its more than brief in my opinion! But I don't think many audience members saw that. This is one production I'll never forget! I know that.

[SteveV]

Originally Posted by JennMN

The show just opened, and as expected it got strong reactions. I think the show itself is really good, but the use of nudity has caused a big stir at the university. I guess the director never really got the permission of the right people to do full nudity. And the admin is angry to say the least. I'm kinda glad the director is getting shit, because I feel like my friend was taken advantage of. I think she's a bit sorry she did it now, but the play has two more weeks to run and I don't know if any plans have been made to change it. The newspaper did a story on the show and mentioned the nudity, but of course no pics of that. My friend has gotten even more comments on her apperance than she usually gets, and I know audience members who were visibily shocked to see it emphasized so much. No disclaimers were even printed in the programs in advance, although there was a sign in the lobby talking about no flash photography, no recording devices and that the show contained brief nudity, thought its more than brief in my opinion! But I don't think many audience members saw that. This is one production I'll never forget! I know that.

Just curious - what university is this? Do you have a link to the newspaper article?

[SandyM]

And ticket sales are through the roof!

[KimL1983]

Kim here, new member, longtime lurker thanks to crazy friends who introduced me to this site. (I need new friends. LOL). So this is fitting to this topic. Anyone familiar with the musical "Hair"? I was curious about what most colleges and community theaters do with the nudity at the end of the first act. It only lasts about a minute but it’s kinda important to the production. I may be involved with a community theatre production soon, so I want to find out what the current trend is. I think they are gonna decide to not do the nude scene.

However, I have an experience with the musical from about 10 years ago, when I was in a college production of it, and that did feature the nude scene. I was cast before we all knew if the nudity would get approved by the school. We honestly thought it wouldn’t so we were surprised when we were told after casting that the nude scene would be in. We were excited but I know for one I was nervous. I was very self-conscious about my looks back then, especially my chest, or total lack of one. I eventually got over that and it was a really freeing experience, so I have good memories. But the main memory I have from that production – and the thing everybody else remembers to – is one of the actors in the show. He was kind of a dorky freshman at the time and I didn’t know him. I only talked to him a few times during rehersals but I remember when they said we’d do the nude scene, he was nervous when all the other guys were like, yeah, this’ll be crazy and fun. We soon found out why he was nervus when we had our first dress rehearsal for the nude scene. Let’s just say that to this day I’ve never seen a larger penis ever – not in real life, not in porn, not in a zoo. That may sound like a joke but its not. It was so freakish that no one really knew what to say, and I know the director actually thought of either cancelling the plans to do the scene nude, or at least have him not appear in it. But because of the staging, there was no way for him to not be in the scene. It was either do the scene clothed for everyone or kick him out of the production. So it was decided to go ahead with it but have the actor stay toward the back if possible. That didn’t quite work so even though that scene is brief, it totally upstaged everything and even years later is a story that people still tel around campus apparently.

[JennMN]

Thats the kind of nudity more plays should have! I hope you got to know the guy after the play finished its run.

[civfanatic]

Originally Posted by KimL1983

Kim here, new member, longtime lurker thanks to crazy friends who introduced me to this site. (I need new friends. LOL). So this is fitting to this topic. Anyone familiar with the musical "Hair"? I was curious about what most colleges and community theaters do with the nudity at the end of the first act. It only lasts about a minute but it’s kinda important to the production. I may be involved with a community theatre production soon, so I want to find out what the current trend is. I think they are gonna decide to not do the nude scene.

My college put on Hair a few years ago. They did the nude scene, but allowed the actors to take off as much clothing as they felt comfortable. Some went completely nude, some went topless, and some went with full underwear on.

It was a little odd seeing some of those people around campus afterward because they didn't know me, but I knew what they looked like naked.

[ron1234]

Originally Posted by KimL1983

He was kind of a dorky freshman at the time and I didn’t know him......
Let’s just say that to this day I’ve never seen a larger penis ever – not in real life, not in porn, not in a zoo.

And after the Play was he still a dork or a hit with all the ladies?

[KimL1983]

I would imagine that was true, although I graduated soon after that and never got to know the guy. I do remember the joke around the theater department being that they should do Equus (a show that also has male nudity) the next season and cast him as both the horse and the man.