Stray Cat Presents HOW TO DEFEND YOURSELF – Preview

Stray Cat HOW TO DEFEND YOURSELF
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A spokesperson says---

“...When seven college students gather for a DIY self-defense workshop after their sorority sister is sexually assaulted, they expect to learn how to throw punches and escape attackers. What they discover instead is far more dangerous: the insidious ways rape culture has already claimed their bodies, their desires, and their sense of belonging. As these young women channel their rage, trauma, and unexpected desire through physical combat, they must confront the question that haunts every survivor—how do you reclaim what was never yours to begin with?

Padilla's groundbreaking play refuses to tell the single story of sexual assault. Instead, it delivers a love letter to survival that pulses with the messy contradictions of healing: humor alongside horror, desire tangled with fear, and the revolutionary possibility that transformation can emerge from collective pain..."

CAST:

BRANDI - Christine Ward
KARA - Hanna Nur
MOJDEH - Mantra Rostami
DIANA - Meghan Ramos
NIKKI - Angelica Saario
ANDY - Griffin Slivka
EGGO - Payten McLeod

CREATIVE TEAM:

Written by Liliana Padilla
Directed by Elizabeth Broeder

WHEN:

February 13 - 28, 2026

WHERE:

Tempe Center for the Arts
STUDIO THEATRE
700 W Rio Salado Parkway
Tempe, AZ 85281

TICKETS:

$40+

For more information and tickets visit the Stray Cat website.

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