Sexual assault and the politics around it affect not only its victims, but those who try to support those victims. In “Misconduct”, a professor at an idealistic liberal arts college faces her own past, and suffers personal and professional consequences when she comes to the aid of a student victim. How these incidents are reported by the local press, how race affects the college culture, and how administrators choose to protect their own reputations while a faculty member’s life unravels, reveal that no one is free of “misconduct.” A serious and topical subject is explored by a multi-ethnic and multi-generational cast. Using a light hand, the exploration involves humor (when appropriate), and results in a tale of honestly, ultimate optimism and personal triumph.

The play is a 2015 Eugene O'Neil Playwrights Conference semi-finalist and a winner of the 2015 Long Beach Playhouse New Works Festival.