Lady Chatterly's Lover
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Lolita
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Fanny Hill
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And Tango Makes Three
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Catcher in the Rye
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Sex Swap
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Naked Lunch
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Ulysses
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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Maus
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Animal Farm
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The Color Purple
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The Bluest Eye
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The Kite Runner
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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The Hunger Games
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Lady Chatterly's Lover • Lolita • Fanny Hill • And Tango Makes Three • Catcher in the Rye • Sex Swap • Naked Lunch • Ulysses • To Kill a Mockingbird • Maus • Animal Farm • The Color Purple • The Bluest Eye • The Kite Runner • To Kill a Mockingbird • The Hunger Games •
World Premiere
Now in performances through December 21, 2025 at Bated Breath Theater
39 W. 14th St. #301
Dirty Books is an immersive experience that plunges audiences into the scandalous and surprisingly cerebral world of the 1960s soft-core adult publishing industry. Based on the true stories of erotic fiction writers of the era, Dirty Books reveals the ingenuity and resilience of artists who thrived in the shadows of America's anti-obscenity laws.
Inside a world of secret bookstores, banned novels, and underground desire, the audience collaborates with the company to compose an erotic story.
Bjorn Bolinder - Find the Light Photography
Bjorn Bolinder - Find the Light Photography
Bjorn Bolinder - Find the Light Photography
Creative
Mara Lieberman has served as Executive Artistic Director, director, and lead writer for all Bated Breath’s shows since she took the helm in 2012, including their award winning, pandemic-friendly hit Voyeur: The Windows of Toulouse-Lautrec, Chasing Andy Warhol, Unmaking Toulouse-Lautrec, Beneath the Gavel, the award-winning Freedom: In 3 Acts, The Pride of Christopher Street (co-written with Jamie Roach), and Wild Things. For Voyeur, Mara was awarded Best Director by Broadway World’s 2021 Off-Broadway Awards and Time Out named Lieberman a “Future Maker” in “50 Amazing People Changing the World.” Additionally, Lieberman has adapted and directed plays at The New York International Fringe Festival, New Haven Festival of Arts & Ideas, New Georges The Room, and HERE’s American Living Room Festival. She also served as assistant to Lloyd Richards at the National Playwright’s Conference. In 2018, Mara was a recipient of an Artistic Excellence Award from the Connecticut Office of the Arts. She earned her BA from Sarah Lawrence College and her Master’s in Performance Studies from Northwestern University.
Created & Directed By
MARA LIEBERMAN
Technical Director
Jacob P.S Lemmenes
Production Stage Manager
Delaney Jordan
Assistant Stage Manager
Victoria Blas
Set and Lighting Design By
Yung-Hung Sung
Sound Design
Tojo Rasedoara
Costume Design
Stephanie Lopez
Intimacy Coordinator
Lauren DeLeon
Production Photography
Bjorn Bolinder, Find The Light Photography
Press Agents
Ron Lasko, Spin Cycle and DKC/O&M
Marketing and Social Media
Table 7 Strategy and India Stachyra
is a non-profit organization using a combination of rigorous research, docudrama,
physical theatre, and daring theatricality to ignite audience's imagination.