What inspired My Body Love Story?
I was in my early twenties and coming out and could not find
anything that spoke to my experiences as a queer disabled woman or gave me much
hope for the future. The show explores how I figured out sex, dating and
relationships. It also grew beyond that to center around different points in
time when my relationship to my body changed for better and for worse but
mostly better. My experiences going out dancing were a big part of my
inspiration and finding a way to talk back and create my own narrative about my
life in the face of many unfounded assumptions about disability. I wanted to
create a work that was really joyful and funny. There is so much beauty in
queer disabled lives and life in general and I wanted to show some of
that---but I think the show while it owns those categories, also transcends
them because we are all figuring out how to live with our bodies as ourselves
and make authentic connections with others and it has been great to see people
with different experiences and identities connect to the show. It's very
personal and I worked on it for several years so I love it when someone finds
it meaningful or helpful in some way.
What are people saying about My Body Love Story?
