Kent State University
School of Theatre and Dance
Black Box Series presents
THIS IS A SAFE SPACE!
by Peter Fields
directed by Libby Jackson
*This is a premiere performance
featuring
Grace Hunt
Marcello Valletta
-and-
ABORTIVE
by Caryl Churchill
directed by Tekla Gaughan
choreographed by Aveena Sawyer
*Contains sensitive subject matter
featuring
Mikaela Ray
Andy Simmons
Victoria Clement
Matthew Smettana
November 5, 2017 - Preview Night
8:00 pm FREE ADMISSION
November 6 - 7, 2017
7:00 pm FREE ADMISSION
Both shows play together each night.
Erdmann-Zucchero Black Box Theatre
Center for the Performing Arts
1325 Theatre Drive, Kent Campus
Kent, Ohio 44242
Synopsis
This is a Safe Space!
Two parents from separate families meet in the principal's office to discuss an altercation between their sons. While they await the principal's arrival, the parents begin a conversation which reveals the true nature of their sons' embroilment and threatens to destroy the very foundation of their core beliefs.
Abortive
Roz and Colin are having a difficult time with sex, largely because of an invisible yet forbidding barrier between them. Roz became pregnant after being raped and had an abortion. Roz is not sure she made the right decision and Colin is not altogether convinced his wife was raped.