[NEohioPAL] "Asking For It" educates community about sexual assault, Oct. 18

[Jessica Novak via NEohioPAL]

Lakeland hosts free performance of “Asking For It” Oct. 18,
Powerful and dramatic work provides the
opportunity for community dialogue and education about sexual assault

KIRTLAND, Ohio – Oct. 8, 2014 – Lakeland Community College is hosting a 
free, theater performance of “Asking For It” Saturday, Oct. 18, at 7:30 
p.m. in the Dr. Wayne L. Rodehorst Performing Arts Center, 7700 Clocktower 
Dr., Kirtland, 44094. 

This performance is a partnership of the Alcohol, Drug Addiction and 
Mental Health Services Board of Lake County, the Cleveland Rape Crisis 
Center and Lakeland’s Creative and Liberal Arts Division.

Written and performed by JoAnna Rush, “Asking For It” is a solo play about 
Bernadette – a feisty dancer and former Outstanding Catholic Youth of the 
Year who takes on New York. Young Bernie, a future Sister of Charity with 
a fierce libido, puts her religious vocation on hold and skips out on the 
nuns. Just before an audition for the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes, she 
is tricked into a car and raped. Her full circle transformation is a mix 
of seriousness and humor that leave audiences laughing at what she really 
asks for and what she gets.

The performer, JoAnna Rush, and Alex Leslie, director of prevention and 
outreach programs at the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center will lead a 
post-show discussion.

“Asking For It” is directed by Tony Award nominee Lynne Taylor-Corbett and 
produced by Jeffrey Grover in association with Yonanda Productions.

For more information, contact Kristi Miller at 440-714-1988 or 
kristim at clevelandrcc.org.

Group seating reservations may be made by emailing alexl at clevelandrcc.org. 

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