S1 Xtra 5: Solo play with music, SKIN, by Hope Singsen--Festival Performance Excerpt

An audio drama excerpt from the solo play with music, SKIN, created and performed by Hope Singsen, the artist, survivor/activist, and founder of the #HealMeToo Festival. Director: Jessi D. Hill, Stage Manager: Yve Carruthers.In SKIN, two things threaten a grad student’s dissertation on Virginia Woolf: her hot new girlfriend and her own dark past. Frank and funny, this queer love story with music explores some of the ways art helps us heal, tracking a woman’s road back toward intimacy and wholeness after sexual violence. Racing to write herself into a happier future, both work and sex get more inventive as she strives for a love greater than any she’s known before. But after you learn to guard against life, can you open up again? Directed by Jessi D. Hill. Music by Hope Singsen, Bob Parins, Micah Burgess and Dillon Kondor.  Content warning: early life sexual violence.Includes text from Job's Body: A Handbook for Bodywork, by Deane Juhan, as well as excerpts from Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse.You can also watch video of this excerpt at the top of the Episode Details Page. While there, you can also hear #HealMeToo Podcast Episode 7, where Hope and two sex & relationship experts explore why healing can be so confusing, as well as ideas that help, Plus, another Podcast Extra, a recording of a talk Hope gave on "How Live Arts Impact Audiences," where you can learn surprising facts about the neuroscience of trauma and ways the arts can help.While you're there, join our email list to hear about future pop-up #HealMeToo Festival events.Closing music credit: Hope Singsen & Dillon Kondor, performed by Micah Burgess.Subscribe now. Let's talk about how we can #HealMeToo.Listen and subscribe to the #HealMeToo Podcast on Apple Podcasts at bit.ly/hm2pod. Or visit healmetoopodcast.com to find links to other platforms. Support the show