CMU School of Drama


Tuesday, October 31, 2017

The Sexual Predators of the Children's Theatre Company

OnStage Blog: "I'm probably going to need a glass of water..."

Laura Adams says as she stands at the podium. In front of her are several members of local media. She visibly nervous but unmistakably resolute. You might look the same if you were about to reveal a thirty year old secret that's been eating away at you since the day it happened. Now imagine doing it in front of a room full of media.

She begins, "It's time to tell our stories....We have held this secret for far too long...."

1 comment:

Unknown said...

This is vile, repulsive, disgusting and disheartening on so many levels. To think of how many children went through this program through the years and were subjected to this horror is heartbreaking. What makes child predator behavior so scary is that the predators know how to condition the children to not tell others, which allows it go unnoticed for so long. Even more so, the theater is meant to be a refuge for people who are different or think they are different. It should be a safe space for everyone to be able to participate freely, but when someone does something like this it completely ruins the sanctity of the theater for many potential children. I hope Mr. Donahue and McLean are all sued for the fullest extent possible and have to pay the steepest penalties for the intense emotional distress they caused these children, in addition to punishment to the fullest extent of the law.