Luz and Body Awareness

The 2013-2014 season’s March Women’s History Month production was a regional premiere of Catherine Filloux’ Luz at the Henry Clay Theatre. This play exposes the global scale of gender-based violence and the collusion between human rights and corporate law practices. From Guatemala City to Haiti to the U.S., it follows Luz, Helene and Zia in their search for hope in the unlikeliest in-between places. The season wrapped up with Annie Baker’s Body Awareness, a second regional premiere this season, performed in UofL’s Thrust. This play examines intimacy and self-expression within the context of a modern family – college professor Phyllis, her partner Joyce, Joyce’s possibly autistic adult son Jared – and how they are affected by their houseguest Frank, known for his nude portraits of women.