OLD WOMAN
NAKED
Done being invisible, 73-year-old writer/performer Pamela Redmond gets naked - metaphorically and literally - to reveal the emotional and often-hilarious truth about female bodies, aging, and life.
Old Woman Naked is a bold, funny and deeply moving solo show about one woman’s journey through sex, shame, love, motherhood and freedom, to self-acceptance. Along with her clothes, Redmond strips away the silence surrounding women’s aging bodies. She unravels how a woman’s sexuality evolves – and endures – across a lifetime.
Redmond’s inspiration: Wanting to do something AI couldn’t do. “That meant a live show and a personal story, something real, something human.”
Illustration by Natalie Newsome for The Persistent
“I want to be real, like the Velveteen Rabbit. Once you’re real you can’t be ugly, except to people who don’t understand.
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