WHEN:
Through June 27, 2026
WHERE:
Bated Breath Theatre
39 W. 14th Street
Suite #301
New York. 10011
TICKETS:
For more information and tickets visit the Bated Breath Theatre Company website.
A spokesperson describes the event as follows:
“...Dirty Books is an immersive performance that plunges audiences into the heated battles over anti-obscenity laws and censorship in America. Inspired by the true stories of erotic fiction writers of the 1960's and using Supreme Court-inspired transcripts, Dirty Books reveals the ingenuity and resilience of artists who thrived in the shadows of America's anti-obscenity laws working in the soft-core adult publishing industry. Inside an intimate world of secret bookstores, banned novels, and underground desire, the audience collaborates with the company to compose an erotic story..."
CAST:
Sophia Carlin, Alexis Pratt, Melina Rabin, Sammy Rivas and Grayson Willenbacher with understudies Emily Cummings, Caroline DeFazio, Billie Eric Robinson and Camilo Zuqui.
CREATIVE TEAM:
Written and directed by Mara Lieberman, Jacob P.S Lemmenes (technical director), Yung-Hung Sung (set and lighting design), Seth Black (set and projections), Stephanie Lopez (costume design), Lauren DeLeon (intimacy coordinator), Delaney Jordan (stage manager), Victoria Blas(assistant stage manager), with Table 7 (marketing and social media) and India Stachyra (marketing assistant).
