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Ripped by Rachel Bublitz

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  • Rachel Lynett:
    5 Mar. 2019
    “ This is such an important play, especially now. It gets deep into the complexity around date rape culture without holding back any punches. Aside from being super relevant, it's also beautifully written and the characters (and the circumstances) are wholly explored. ”
  • Jennifer O'Grady:
    9 Feb. 2019
    “ Marvelously complex, incredibly real-feeling play about rape culture and consent that dives fearlessly and utterly successfully into the gray areas. Would love to see this produced. ”
  • LaDarrion Williams:
    24 Nov. 2018
    “ Haunting and vivacious play that could be a tool on the lessons of rape culture and assault. Also, it is a great play for men to read as well. ”
  • James Fleming:
    23 Oct. 2018
    “ An absolutely breathtaking play that digs deep into the hard conversations around consent, sexual assault, and rape culture. It keeps you on the edge of your seat and is deeply empathetic to all its characters while never letting the perpetrators off the hook. This play needs to be produced right now! Read it, teach it, produce it. ”
  • Cameron Houg:
    8 Oct. 2018
    “ RIPPED dives deep into conversations of consent in a difficult way, much the way people everywhere are having these conversations today. Bublitz really makes me feel for Lucy, doing an incredible job of making the audience understand her struggles with abusive partners, and why it's hard for her to piece things together. Beautiful play, I hope especially that colleges take notice of it and its message. ”
  • Rachel Bykowski:
    21 Sep. 2018
    “ My heart ACHES for Lucy. Bublitz dives unapologetically heart first into the discussion of consent and rips (sorry for the pun) all the “well meaning” “not all men” “he said she said” arguments to shreds. Especially now, this play needs to be read, taught, inhaled ”
  • Avery Sharpe:
    17 Sep. 2018
    “ This play is absolutely wonderful! I had the pleasure of seeing a reading, and I was thoroughly captivated by the incredible amount of heart it had. The dialogue is gritty, moving, and grounded. The non-linear storytelling is invigorating and clear. The nuances of every point of view is captured with perfectly balanced depth and honesty. It is a necessary story and one that is beautifully told! Do yourself a favor and read it! ”
  • Andrew Roblyer:
    21 Aug. 2018
    “ This is not a comfortable play. It is not a play with easy answers or the "right" perspective on a difficult subject. It is a play that paints a picture about the brokenness of our world, even as it tells the story of 3 young people struggling to understand how to deal with their desire and the way our society expects them to manifest it. Even though there are only 3 characters, there are many more perspectives in this play, because each character is wrestling with themselves throughout it, just as we are left wrestling at the end." ”
  • Emma Goldman-Sherman:
    20 Apr. 2018
    “ What a great job Bublitz does to keep us all on the edge of our seats! I love the structure and how time moves. I love how she takes us from college to home and the ex-boyfriend, creating such a wrenching experience of that time before we're grown but already flown - a very unsettling work of art. ”
  • Emily Hageman:
    3 Apr. 2018
    “ This play absolutely destroyed me. We follow Lucy, one of the sweetest and most relatable protagonists I've read in recent memory, as she tries to piece together a terrible night that never should have happened. I hate the male characters in the play, but I know them. That's what makes this play so incredibly powerful. With sparkling dialogue, aching subtext, and careful precision, Bublitz opens up the dialogue about rape and all the gray--and the black and white--that come with it. This play must be seen immediately. ”

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