Hamilton, NY — Storyteller Alicia Quintano will perform an original monologue from her one-woman show Love is Hell & Other Stories in Colgate University’s Memorial Chapel on Tuesday, February 22 at 7:30 p.m. The performance is free and open to the public and is being co-sponsored by the interdepartmental campus committee Fighting Eating Disorders, the student group Body Image Network, and Kappa Delta Rho. The event is part of Love Your Body Week, a series of events addressing body image, self-esteem, and eating disorders.
Quintano has performed at theaters, clubs, colleges, and universities across the United States. Called ‘funny, touching, and universal’ by WBAI-FM in New York City, Escape from Fosdick looks at issues of love, sex, food, and identity. The main character is on a search, but she is confused about what she is looking for. Is it love she wants from Fosdick’ Or his personality’ She wants to find a way to speak in the world but would prefer anyone’s voice (and body) to her own. A journey story about power, food, sex, and identity, Escape from Fosdick will leave the audience thinking and laughing.
Founded in 1819, Colgate University is a nationally ranked, highly selective, residential, liberal arts college. Situated on a rolling 515-acre campus in central New York State, Colgate University attracts motivated students with diverse backgrounds, interests and talents from all over the United States.