Dolly Bose walks up to the audience gathered in a living room. She dons the character of a woman who was ridiculed for being too busty when she hit puberty. She performs a monologue, narrating the jibes that came her way from her mother, and how it triggered her to make undesirable life choices. As the monologue reaches its crescendo, she reveals an unexpected twist in the tale, which helps the character reach a new level of self-knowledge.

"The character is unnamed because she could be any of us. She goes through a gamut of emotions and getting into her skin has been challenging but thrilling," says Bose, an ad film actor, who makes her debut on stage with this performance. Titled Booby-Trapped, the edgy monologue is one of the four that comprise a 60-minute performance titled Striptease: The Gender Dialogues.