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January 2- 8, 2003 artpicks Let's Talk About SexDr. Alfred Kinsey is often called the father of the sexual revolution. Asked to teach a class on marriage and family at Indiana University in 1938, the zoology professor discovered the severe lack of data or research in the field of human sexuality. Over the next decade, Kinsey and his researchers collected over 18,000 sexual histories from interviews. The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction in Indiana is a leader in its field today. Seems like Kinsey would be the perfect subject for a play, and now he is. The Brick Playhouse is opening the world premiere of Brian Drader's play, Prok (Kinsey's nickname). Prok focuses on Kinsey's wife, Clara, and the couple's sometimes strained relationship. While Kinsey opened doors to areas of research that had previously been considered not only irrelevant but immoral, he apparently never became quite the liberated man his legacy would suggest. Drader lives in Winnipeg, Canada, and was given special mention by the Theatre BC's National Playwriting Competition for Prok. The Brick's production is directed by Anne George Zumbo, who trained at the L'Ecole Philippe Gaulier, a school created by a student of legendary movement artist Jacques Lecoq. Zumbo is a regular at the Philly Fringe and at the Brick. Playing Kinsey is Don Preston, a drama teacher in the New Jersey public school system. In the role of Clara is Ashley Tappan, herself a graduate of Indiana University, and a veteran of the Philly Zoo's treehouse troupe. Prok, Jan. 9-Feb. 2, $12-$15, Brick Playhouse, 623 South St., 215-592-1183. 
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