How to Defend Yourself
By LILIANA PADILLA
Directed by GRACIE BRAKEMAN
Monday, March 31 & Tuesday, April 1 at 7 PM
Seven college students at a DIY self-defense workshop fight back against the insidious ways rape culture steals one’s body and sense of belonging. With sharp humor and brutal honesty, How to Defend Yourself explores what we want, how to ask for it, and the autonomy we can cultivate despite it all.
Far from your average staged reading, we give our actors just enough blocking, light and sound design to get started and then we let adrenaline do the rest! Yes, there will be scripts in hands, but there will also be bold action and riveting drama. Subscribe to the CSRS for a perfect pairing to our mainstage season.
❋ Run-time: TBD
Champagne Staged Reading Series Sponsors
Michelle Barbour & Christian Baudry
Greg Gorel
Chard Nelson & Jan Berman
Mike & Gretchen Schnitzer
Bibi Tiphane
Jon Wagner & Lynne Hollingsworth