


I’m quite the social creature who gets a lot of fulfillment from being out and about in the communityĪnd collaborating with others, so being stuck at home wasn’t exactly the best. Katie Folger: Oh boy! Well, Richard, how was yours? ) I think, like for most, my pandemic was disorienting, anxiety-inducing, challenging, and was a major shuffle up of life as I knew it. Part carnal celebration, part shoulder-shrugging almost-autobiographical confessional, it's Folger exploring what it means to be in control of your own sexual destiny – and if that's really even possible at a time when protection meant condoms and N95 respirators.Īustin Chronicle: So, how was your pandemic? The two years of masks, lockdowns, and bubbles are all part of her new one-woman show, Getting in Bed With the Pizza Man, running through May 13 at the Crashbox Bolm Studios (read our review here). But for Katie Folger, it was a source of creative inspiration.

For others, a bizarre series of encounters made more awkward than usual. In the grand history of dating and hookups, there's going to be a two year blank spot that just says "pandemic." For some, it was the ultimate dry spell. Katie Folger in her new one-woman show, Getting in Bed With the Pizza Man (Photo by Patrick Rusk)
