How to Put On a Sock
created and directed by Rachel Gita Karp
from contemporary American sex ed curricula
Carnegie Mellon University - Fall 2017
Featured at the 2019 Prague Quadrennial
Developed and presented through The Drama League’s Beatrice Terry Residency - Fall 2020 through Spring 2022
TEACH: Repeat after me.
1. All opinions are welcome.
2. It’s ok to disagree—respectfully.
3. All questions are welcome.
4. What happens in here, stays in here.
Abstinence pledges, birth videos, STI slideshows, condom demonstrations. Sex ed can have it all—if sex ed is taught at all. How to Put On a Sock takes the audience on an interactive sex ed tour of the United States, exposing the highs, lows, and in-betweens of what teenagers are and are not taught about sex today.
Read about How to Put On a Sock on The Theatrical Board.
Photos by Louis Stein, Giada Sun, and yijun yang
How to Put On a Sock received developmental support as part of the 2020 Director Residency Program of The Drama League of New York. (Gabriel Stelian-Shanks, Artistic Director; Nilan, Associate Artistic Director).
How to Put On a Sock has been developed in collaboration with Emma McIntosh, Roma Scarano, Harry Thornton, Yonatan Gebeyehu, Janie Amaya, Aubyn Heglie, Kalyne Coleman, Giada Sun, SooA Kim, Joyce Wang, Sean Byrum Leo, Jacob Russell, Yijun Yang, Aaron Landgraf, Vanessa Ramon, Paula Halpern, Yujia Zhang, Alex Fasciolo, Jonathon Norwood, Caden Manson, and more.