SAFE by Donna Hoke
PAC (Lerchen Hall)
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Produced by Queer Theatre Kalamazoo & the Black Arts & Cultural Center’s Face Off Theatre
In 1986, Nancy is a sheltered high school girl unable to stand up to her overprotective father, or the bullies who torment her and her best friend. Twenty-five years later, married to a controlling husband, Nancy finds she's raised a bully herself. Faced with tragic consequences for her inaction, Nancy struggles to break the cycle of intolerance that haunts her. Award-winning playwright Donna Hoke’s new play is a gripping study of community, culpability, and courage.
SAFE is a powerful piece about the multi-generational pervasiveness of homophobia told from the point of view of a woman whose past mistakes with a gay friend come back to haunt her decades later when she encounters similar prejudices and circumstances. The narrative presents a gripping puzzle that slowly reveals itself as the weight of her memories and regrets bear down on her. Eternally topical yet intimately personal, SAFE reminds us that bigotry and abuse can still hide within the most outwardly friendly people.
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