This past week I did some extensive research and am waiting for a response from "Nola Brantley Speaks". Nola Brantely is a well known activist fighting against trafficking of girls in the U.S. She was a victim of incest and was pimped into sex work as a teenager. She does a lot of public speaking and radical activism. I reached out to her, hoping she will be able to come and speak to the cast from a more first hand experience. I hope to be able to collaborate with her in performance as well, so that she could possibly lead a workshop after we do our show.
In rehearsals this past week I met with a number of the actors working with them individually for an hour each time, understanding and building the full biography of each character. We dug deeper analyzing each woman's entry point into sex work and looking at the question of- why are they coming to the support group in the first place. After working with some of the actors individually we did a group rehearsal as well and finalized some of the script which was very exciting since nothing had been finalized yet. If we continue at this pace we should be well prepared for NWF.
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