First hour: How "intimacy choreography" is changing performances on stage and on screen
Second hour: Jeff Spevak on his new book, "22 Minutes"
How have intimate scenes on stage, on television, and in film changed in the era of #MeToo and #TimesUp? "Intimacy choreography" is on the rise. The goal is to help actors feel safe and secure during scenes in which their characters are vulnerable. Those principles are being applied in productions in Rochester. We talk members of a local performance who have gone through the training. In studio:
- Ralph Meranto, artistic director of the JCC, and director of the JCC’s production of “Oklahoma!”
- Jace Meyer-Crosby, intimacy director for the JCC’s production of “Oklahoma!”
- Drew Jensen, actor in the JCC’s production of “Oklahoma!”
- Jennie Gilardoni, actor in the JCC’s production of “Oklahoma!”
Then in our second hour, local writer Jeff Spevak has a new book out. It's called "22 Minutes" and it tells the story of Ernie Coleman, a local Navy veteran who survived the worst defeat in U.S. Navy history. We sit down with Spevak to discuss how he told Coleman's story when Coleman himself refused to talk about the tragedy that haunted him.
