CW:Mention of Sexual Assault Arts students are often pushed beyond their comfort zone, but how far is too far? You have just arrived on a college campus as a freshman student and you have come to study what many categorize as an impractical career– the arts. You try to find ways to become more adult, while perhaps experiencing being apart from home and parents for the first time ever. All the while, you struggle to keep your grades up and please your professors with your work

Before I dive into this article, I’d like to acknowledge the vast amount of privilege I have as a half white, half Asian person living on the land of the Nipmuc and the Massachusetts tribes. I also acknowledge that everything I say here is a draft towards my thoughts on decentering whiteness in theater. It’s been a while since I last wrote for this series sharing BIPOC plays that deserve more attention and recognition. While I feel guilt for putting this commitment off, I’m a

For every finger you point at us there are three fingers pointing back at you who make the claim that we are preposterous for carrying the fear of attack that happens on the streets behind our backs and sneaks up on us in both broad daylight and the blacks of night. For every comment said to ridicule our fears and label us crazy and paranoid what does it take do you enjoy our tears that brim with anger as we shake to have our voice heard to have you say the words that we unde