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.
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  • Cheryl Bear:
    30 Apr. 2021
    “ A crucially important story of an all too common occurrence on campuses everywhere. Powerful and well done. ”
  • Toby Malone:
    29 Dec. 2020
    “ 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:
    22 Dec. 2020
    “ 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
    18,
    Any
    ,
    Female
    Freshman at UC Berkeley.
    Can be played by:
    • Age: 
      Teens, 20s
    • Race/Ethnicity: 
      Any race/ethnicity
    • Gender: 
      Female
  • Jared
    19 or 20,
    Any
    ,
    Male
    Sophomore at UC Berkeley.
    Can be played by:
    • Age: 
      Teens, 20s
    • Race/Ethnicity: 
      Any race/ethnicity
    • Gender: 
      Male
  • Bradley
    18 or 19,
    Any
    ,
    Male
    Lucy’s high school boyfriend.
    Can be played by:
    • Age: 
      Teens, 20s
    • Race/Ethnicity: 
      Any race/ethnicity
    • Gender: 
      Male

Development History

Production History

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

Awards

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