In 2020, Maren Montalbano wrote and produced a one-woman show about her personal story involving romance novels and sexual abuse called The Bodice Ripper Project.

 

In the process Maren realized there was still suffering, so she went in deep. When she performed, the physical act of singing such raw material with her audience, was deeply healing on a cellular level.

 

It was an incredible journey to her inner world and as the performance ended, she left behind her on the stage, a big heap of emotional baggage.

 

BIO

Maren Montalbano is an opera singer, business coach, and writer, whose voice appears on 3 GRAMMY Award-winning albums. She premiered The Bodice Ripper Project as an interactive digital performance at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. That show, along with the accompanying podcast of the same name, became an exploration of sexuality, feminism, and the journey to self-empowerment through the lens of romance novels.

https://marenmontalbano.com

https://bodiceripperproject.com