FORCEFULLY DENIED

by Rachael Carnes

5-Minute Play: A documentary-theatre play, sourced from Supreme Court Nomination Hearing Testimony, by Dr. Christine Blasey-Ford, and a statement by Senator Susan Collins, October 5, 2018, Article 3 of the U.S. Constitution, inked in 1787, and the step-by-step instructions of a sexual assault evidence collection kit (SAECK), that comes in a sealed package, with an expiration date.

5-Minute Play: A documentary-theatre play, sourced from Supreme Court Nomination Hearing Testimony, by Dr. Christine Blasey-Ford, and a statement by Senator Susan Collins, October 5, 2018, Article 3 of the U.S. Constitution, inked in 1787, and the step-by-step instructions of a sexual assault evidence collection kit (SAECK), that comes in a sealed package, with an expiration date.

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  • Jean Koppen: FORCEFULLY DENIED by Rachael Carnes
    “

    Carnes masterfully juxtaposes the removed political rhetoric with the victim's heartfelt struggle and the physical reality of assault to visceral effect. This play is moving, powerful and extraordinarily relevant. It is about this event and these people, but also about our culture and current reality. This will haunt me.

    Carnes masterfully juxtaposes the removed political rhetoric with the victim's heartfelt struggle and the physical reality of assault to visceral effect. This play is moving, powerful and extraordinarily relevant. It is about this event and these people, but also about our culture and current reality. This will haunt me.

    ”
  • Scott Sickles: FORCEFULLY DENIED by Rachael Carnes
    “

    This is why I rarely watch the news. I just get so f***ing angry. And the senior senator from Maine is one of the people who makes me angriest.

    This play hit me hard! The reminders of Blasey-Ford’s courage in coming forward are magnified by the dramatization of a nurse administering a rape kit. “Rape kit” makes it sounds so one and done, but there’s a whole process that everyone should know about. Everyone should know all of this: what it’s like and what it’s not.

    Carnes has given us an important play.

    This is why I rarely watch the news. I just get so f***ing angry. And the senior senator from Maine is one of the people who makes me angriest.

    This play hit me hard! The reminders of Blasey-Ford’s courage in coming forward are magnified by the dramatization of a nurse administering a rape kit. “Rape kit” makes it sounds so one and done, but there’s a whole process that everyone should know about. Everyone should know all of this: what it’s like and what it’s not.

    Carnes has given us an important play.

    ”
  • Cheryl Bear: FORCEFULLY DENIED by Rachael Carnes
    “

    A powerful piece in response to the Kavanaugh hearings that resonates with everyone who is sick and tired of the policy towards sexual assault in this country. Well done.

    A powerful piece in response to the Kavanaugh hearings that resonates with everyone who is sick and tired of the policy towards sexual assault in this country. Well done.

    ”
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Character Information

SUSAN COLLINS — When people in Washington want to solve a problem, they turn to the senior United States Senator from Maine.


DR. CHRISTINE BLASEY-FORD — A professor of psychology, and a researcher, who specializes in developing statistic models. A middle-aged woman, and her teenage self.


KATHLEEN — A forensic nurse. Woman.
  • SUSAN
    Adult
    Any
    woman
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      50s,
      60s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      White
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Female
  • CHRISTINE
    Adult
    Any (but probably white)
    woman
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      40s,
      50s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      White
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Female
  • KATHLEEN
    Adult
    Any
    woman
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s,
      30s,
      40s,
      50s,
      60s,
      70s+
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Female

Production History

  • Professional, Sacred Fools Theatre, Los Angeles, 2020
  • Professional, Sacred Fools Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, 2019