Author: Dreamwell Theatre

The director and cast discuss why they wanted to do this show and what it means to them in this...

Due to weather and road condition concerns, tonight’s production of Steve Got Raped is cancelled. Please join us next weekend, March 30, 31 for our closing weekend as well as talk-backs with the cast, director, playwright and RVAP. Pay What You Can night will now be Sat. March...

We will have some professionals from RVAP and Transformative Healing on hand to host a panel discussion immediately following each performance so that we can all have an opportunity to process our experience and responses to the performance. The director, some cast members and playwright (second weekend) will also participate to answer questions about the creative process. The Rape Victim Advocacy Program (RVAP) is a sexual assault victim advocate and prevention education agency that also hosts the Iowa Sexual Abuse Hotline. Embedded in the Division of Student Life at the University of Iowa, RVAP serves anyone impacted by sexual violence — survivors and/or their loved ones in the following eastern Iowa counties: Cedar, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Johnson, Lee, Washington, & Van Buren. Specifically, RVAP’s mission is to provide free, confidential, trauma-informed advocacy to all affected by sexual violence and promoting social change through prevention education. “Our vision is a community free of sexual...

By Sam Gooley, Directed by Adeara Jean Maurice Presented in Conjunction with RVAP Mar. 23, 24, 30, & 31, Public Space One Newly engaged couple, Steve and Katie, think they have life figured out. They’re gliding through adulthood without any problems or complications. Until, Steve finds the smiley-face pregnancy test in their bathroom trashcan right before his bachelor party. After some discussion and a little foreplay, Katie convinces Steve to go to his party and encourages him to have fun. Everything goes according to plan until Steve wakes up the next day missing his pants and questioning his fidelity. Was Steve’s encounter with a surprise guest consensual or was it rape? What do you do when you’re stuck in the grey area of consent, monogamy, and societal expectations? Why do we treat each case of sexual violence the same when every case is so different? This is a story of our generation’s anxieties about sex, maturity, and settling; showcasing a generation standing on the precipice of adulthood and ignites in all of us the question: Am I ready for what comes next? Steve – Gavin Conkling Katie – Diviin Huff Derrick – Nate Sullivan Ariel – Heather...