Theatres all over the United States are in the throes of season planning. When whittling down which material would be the best fit for your theatre company, department, or group, it is worth asking which shows in consideration may require an intimacy director/choreographer/designer. Perhaps you already know the value of this work and are looking for suggestions for shows that would be a great opportunity to bring someone in.
Have no fear! Here are a few options for works that you want to bring an intimacy specialist on board to assist in a consent-based, ethical working environment. These lists are by no means exhaustive, but a jumping-off point for season consideration.
Plays Pre-1900
Lysistrata by Aristophanes
Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
The Rover by Aphra Behn
Tartuffe by Moliere
La Ronde by Arthur Schnitzler
Plays from 1900-1999
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
Dutchman by Amiri Baraka
Equus by Peter Shaffer
Angels in America by Tony Kushner
The Homecoming by Harold Pinter
How I Learned to Drive by Paula Vogel
Metamorphoses by Mary Zimmerman
Ruined by Lynn Nottage
References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot by Jose Rivera
M. Butterfly by David Henry Hwang
Les Liaisons dangereuses adapted by Christopher Hampton
Extremities by William Mastrosimone
Plays from 2000-Present
In the Blood by Suzan-Lori Parks
Good Kids by Naomi Iizuka
Venus in Fur by David Ives
Indecent by Paula Vogel
In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) by Sarah Ruhl
Seminar by Theresa Rebeck
The Nether by Jennifer Haley
Hand to God by Robert Askins
Eclipsed by Danai Gurira
Slave Play by Jeremy O. Harris
Musicals
Spring Awakening
Hello Again
The Wild Party
Hair
Reefer Madness
Nine
Cabaret
The Rocky Horror Show
Heathers the Musical
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