Recognize Theatre will present a new performance of their play Exposed, conceived and directed by Kristin Heckler and written in collaboration with the actors, Jacob Sebastian Philips, Sarah Raimondi, and Pauline Sherrow, at the MCS Theatre (357 West 36th Street between 8th and 9th Avenues, 2nd floor), February 8-24. Performances will be on Friday, February 8 at 8pm, Saturday, February 9 at 8pm, Sunday, February 10 at 7pm, Friday, February 15 at 8pm, Saturday, February 16 at 8pm, Sunday, February 17 at 7pm, Friday, February 22 at 8pm, Saturday, February 23 at 8pm, and Sunday, February 24 at 7pm. Tickets ($20; $15 students & seniors) are available for purchase in advance at https://exposed.bpt.me or by calling (917) 426-2381. The performance will run approximately 85 minutes with no intermission.

Lauren, a college freshman chooses to do adult films to pay for her tuition. When Lauren’s secret is discovered she is bombarded with harassment from fellow students, social media and talk show hosts. She defends all of these criticisms with grace and intelligence, but are the consequences worth it?

Exposed is a devised theater piece inspired by true events, fictionalized by writers Kristin Heckler, Jacob Sebastian Phillips, Sarah Raimondi, and Pauline Sherrow. The script was created through improvisation, original dialogue, text and audio from actual interviews, blog posts and tweets. Naturalistic scenes, centering on a familiar coming of age story, juxtapose choreographed pornography scenes.