Ripped

by Rachel Bublitz

FULL LENGTH: Lucy goes to college. Lucy brings mace. No need for Lucy to actually use it, right? But something happened that wasn’t supposed to happen. Or did it? Oh well, Lucy must be having that quintessential college experience: drinking, boys, and being completely decimated by the people she trusts.

FULL LENGTH: Lucy goes to college. Lucy brings mace. No need for Lucy to actually use it, right? But something happened that wasn’t supposed to happen. Or did it? Oh well, Lucy must be having that quintessential college experience: drinking, boys, and being completely decimated by the people she trusts.

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  • Cheryl Bear: Ripped

    A crucially important story of an all too common occurrence on campuses everywhere. Powerful and well done.

    A crucially important story of an all too common occurrence on campuses everywhere. Powerful and well done.

  • Toby Malone: Ripped

    A brilliantly structured, nausea-inducing, hugely important piece about campus culture, perception, and sexual assault. Bublitz uses time and space in a masterful fashion, weaving context into a story we have already decided we understand in the first scene, but which is slowly pieced together to create the whole picture. This should be high on the list for potential productions everywhere, particularly on university campuses.

    A brilliantly structured, nausea-inducing, hugely important piece about campus culture, perception, and sexual assault. Bublitz uses time and space in a masterful fashion, weaving context into a story we have already decided we understand in the first scene, but which is slowly pieced together to create the whole picture. This should be high on the list for potential productions everywhere, particularly on university campuses.

  • Jennifer Kokai: Ripped

    I saw a brilliant production of this at Z Space Theatre in San Francisco. Tightly constructed and brilliantly plotted, it presents a complicated situation with no easy answers and provoked a great deal of conversation in those seated around me.

    I saw a brilliant production of this at Z Space Theatre in San Francisco. Tightly constructed and brilliantly plotted, it presents a complicated situation with no easy answers and provoked a great deal of conversation in those seated around me.

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Character Information

A note about the characters and race: Race isn’t one of the focuses of this play, but thought should be given so as not to perpetuate the stereotype that Hispanic and Black men/boys are more likely to rape White women/girls. This may be avoided by having Lucy be played by an actor of color.
  • Lucy
    Freshman at UC Berkeley.
    Character Age
    18
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    Female
  • Jared
    Sophomore at UC Berkeley.
    Character Age
    19 or 20
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    Male
  • Bradley
    Lucy’s high school boyfriend.
    Character Age
    18 or 19
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    Male

Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization Nasty Theatre Company, Year 2018
  • Type Reading, Organization Z Space, Year 2018
  • Type Reading, Organization Athena Theatre Company, Year 2018
  • Type Reading, Organization Bristol Valley Theater, Year 2018
  • Type Reading, Organization Outvisible Theatre Company, Year 2018
  • Type Reading, Organization Wyoming Theater Festival, Year 2016

Production History

  • Type Professional, Organization Loud Fridge Theatre Group, Year 2023
  • Type Professional, Organization Good Company Theatre, Year 2019
  • Type Professional, Organization Z Space, Year 2019
  • Type University, Organization Case Western Reserve University, Year 2018

Awards

  • The Will Glickman Award
    Theatre Bay Area
    Winner
    2020
  • Outstanding Production of a Play
    Theatre Bay Area
    Finalist
    2019
  • Outstanding World Premiere Play
    Theatre Bay Area
    Finalist
    2019
  • Detroit New Works Festival
    Outvisible Theatre Company
    Winner
    2018
  • Award of Excellence in Playwriting
    Association for Theatre in Higher Education
    Finalist
    2017