Bondage by David Henry Hwang This play brought Elisabeth to the stage, and immersed her in acting. About the play: Bondage David Henry Hwang Short Play One Act In a Los Angeles S&M parlor, a dominatrix and her client are clad head-to-toe in leather costumes that conceal their faces and ethnicity's. These elaborate disguises allow them to play out fantasies based on racial stereotypes and sexual mythologies: she pretends to be an African-American woman to his white, liberal man; he transforms into an Asian-American and she into a blond WASP, etc. Exchanging biting social observations with stinging humor, they progress through their power games to expose the arbitrariness of racially minded thinking. All the while, however, they are haunted by an awareness that in spite of their efforts, they may be moving towards the most terrifying reality of all - a true intimacy which transcends the bounds of race. Book title: Bondage Price: $6.50 FEE: $25 per performance. Courtesy of Dramatists Play Service, Inc. Quotes about the play: BONDAGE by David Henry Hwang Directed by Rhys Greene "From the tony award winning playwright of M. Butterfly and FOB! With your identity concealed from head to toe beneath a costume of leather, you could play out every fantasy about who you are, whom you desire, or with whom you may find love..." "This eccentric romance... examines the politically incorrect ways in which race and sexual attraction remain bound." -Humana Festival "[David Henry Hwang's] one-act play Bondage (1992) was selected as one of twenty one-act plays to be included in a volume celebrating twenty years of the Humana Festival of New American Plays at the Actors Theatre of Louisville." In Bondage, two actors in leather gear and masks assume various racial roles in what Hwang described as a "romantic comedy about two people trying to connect and being vulnerable."       2008 Rohm with a View. Rohm with a View (lis-rohm.net) is an independent publication and is not endorsed by Elisabeth Rohm, her management or any related companies. Opinions expressed here are not necessarily those of Elisabeth Rohm or her management.