Annie Baker's Comedy BODY AWARENESS Opens this Week at Chester Theatre Company

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BODY AWARENESS tells the story of an unconventional, modern American nuclear family. Phyllis has organized "Body Awareness Week" at the local college where she teaches. She and her partner Joyce, a high school teacher, are hosting Frank, a guest artist whose nude photos are being shown as part of the event. When Joyce's grown son Jared - who swears he doesn't have Asperger's Syndrome - turns to Frank for advice, and Joyce considers posing for Frank, tensions rise!

Bruce McKenzie (Frank) and David Rosenblatt (Jared) in rehearsal for BODY AWARENESS. Bruce, David, and Jennifer (pictured above) will be making their CTC debuts in BODY AWARENESS.

Annie Baker is one of America's foremost young playwrights. Her full length plays include Circle Mirror Transformation (Playwrights Horizons, OBIE Award for Best New American Play), The Aliens (Rattlestick Theater, OBIE Award for Best New American Play), Body Awareness (Atlantic Theater Company, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations for Best Play/Emerging Playwright). Ms. Baker's plays have been performed at over 100 theatres across the USA and in Europe and South America. Recent honors include a New York Drama Critics Circle Award, a Susan Smith Blackburn Prize nomination, and a MacDowell fellowship.