The Booby Trap or Off Our Chests
musical with texts by Sydney Ross Singer & Leonard Lehrman
music by Leonard Lehrman, op. 146
on the link between bras & breast cancer
for 2 men, 2 women, and a piano (and optional cello)
based on A Little Breast Play by Singer & Soma Grismaijer
written in Hawaii, Dec. 2000-Jan. 2001; 9 numbers:
Barbie Blues - Baby Breasts - The Boobs Blues - Silicone Sal - Breast Play -
Quartet: Pillow Talk - The Test - Working It Out - Stuffed Bras (Off Our Chests)
concert prem. (of all but Quartet) Golden Fleece Ltd., Theater 22, 5/13/01
broadcast on Manhattan Neighborhood Network Ch. 34 2/22/02 2:10-2:30pm, 2/26/02 7:40-8pm
full concert prem. Eastern Naturist Gathering, Eastover, Lenox, Mass. 8/23/01
9 additional numbers, for Eastern Naturist Festival, Empire Haven, Moravia NY 8/11/05
(and subsequent performances):
Overture - Doctors - Think Pink - Pusher Bra - Fiji -
It's Tough Bein' a Tittie Today - A Break -
The Trouble with Breasts - Bras, Not Genes
written for & performed by Helene Williams, Cary Bair,
Peter Kacalanos/Leonard Lehrman, Sarvamangala/Susan Blake[SB]/Kathryn Wieckhorst[KW]
additional performance dates & venues
[in May during "'Prevention Is the Cure' Week"]:
5/19/06 PeaceSmiths, United Methodist Church, Amityville NY [SB]
5/19/07 United Methodist Church, Islip NY [SB]
8/10/07 Eastern Naturist Festival, Empire Haven, Moravia NY [SB]
Go to playlist here, or click on individual excerpts:
Doctors (Ensemble)
The Breast Cancer Industry Wants You to Think Pink (Susan, Helene, Cary)
Barbie Blues (Susan)
Baby Breasts (Susan & Helene)
Boobs Blues (Helene)
Pusher Bra (Cary & Susan)
Fiji (Leonard & Helene)
Silicone Sal (Cary)
A Little Breast Play (Susan, Helene, Leonard)
It's Tough Bein' A Tittie (Cary +Susan & Helene)
A Break (Helene +Susan)
Quartet: Pillow Talk (Cary & Helene, Susan & Leonard)
The Test(Helene, then Leonard & Susan)
Bras, Not Genes (Cary & Susan)
Working It Out (Helene + Ensemble)
Stuffed Bras (Susan, Helene, Ensemble)
Susan Blake on The Message
8/12/07 Ithaca Commons, NY Green Fest [SB]
8/25/07 Custer Institute, Southold NY [SB]
5/17/08 WomanSpace, Great Neck Senior Center [KW]
Go to playlist here, or click on individual excerpts:
Overture (Ensemble, incl. Kat on cello)
Doctors (Ensemble)
The Breast Cancer Industry Wants You to Think Pink (Kat, Helene, Cary)
Barbie Blues (Kat)
Baby Breasts (Kat & Helene)
Boobs Blues (Helene)
Pusher Bra (Kat & Cary)
Fiji (Helene & Len)
Silicone Sal (Cary)
A Little Breast Play (Kat, Helene, Len)
It's Tough Bein' A Tittie (Cary +Kat & Helene)
A Break (Helene +Kat)
Pillow Talk (Ensemble)
The Trouble With Breasts (Len)
The Test (Helene, then Len & Kat)
Bras, Not Genes (Cary & Kat)
Working It Out (Helene +Ensemble)
Stuffed Bras (Kat, Helene, Ensemble)
Introduction of & Remarks by Prof. Scott Carlin
10/20/08 Puffin Cultural Forum, Teaneck NJ [KW]
---during Breast Cancer Awareness Month