TOUCHED: BODIES OF WORK

Diane S. Frank reviews a recent Cleveland performance

Besides the Day of Remembrance this year I attended a performance of "Touched: Bodies of Work", at Cleveland Public Theatre. This evening of performances on GLBT themes was enjoyable, if somewhat predictable. The gay themed pieces (As set off in the poems of Pablo Neruda and "A Rustle of Wings" (by Linda Eisenstein) studies all focus on desire and passion. The lesbian play (Marla's Devotion) also by Eisenstein focused on relationship issues, this time in the context of the growth of one of the characters. Our friend Kathy Harvey sang two songs from "The Sissy Show" and it was fun to see them out of context of the show, even if they did deal with the more obvious themes- fear of discovery and trying to figure out where one fits in the systems of desire.