It's a new and intriguing experience. Between sets, audience members switched between quietly discussing the performances and waiting patiently for the next piece while the student artists prepared the stage. Some sets were elaborate, such as Kassab's, that included an easel, several books, a make-up case and a series of magazine clippings, while others contained simple props like a telephone, or bubble wrap and a hammer. Sautter spoke of being a child with cerebral palsy while a phone on the desk in front of him rang incessantly, interrupting his speech. He spoke of misunderstanding himself and being distracted by other things.
Somebody is bound to get naked.
And although no one actually 'got naked' there was more than one chest bared. In her piece titled, How Pat Robertson Changed My Life, Lynn Thompson slowly exposed sections of her body to reveal derogatory words written in multi-colored markers. Each word was carefully covered by a Band-Aid except for her stomach, which contained a summation of the negative comments covering her body.