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How to Defend Yourself
By Liliana Padilla
Directed by Meredith G. Healy

This is something that is collectively held and therefore can be collectively transformed.
-Playwright Liliana Padilla

In the immediate aftermath of an assault, a group of college students gather for a DIY self-defense class. This setting quickly becomes a space for channeling their anger, anxiety, trauma, confusion, and desire. In navigating these feelings, the group of strangers unites as a community and works to move forward together. Using humor and candor, Liliana Padilla’s How to Defend Yourself asks us to look beyond the labels of 'perpetrator' and 'survivor,' and to examine the complexities that exist in each of us.

Friday, February 6 at 8:00pm

Saturday, February 7 at 8:00pm

Sunday, February 8 at 2:00pm

Wednesday, February 11at 8:00pm

Thursday, February 12 at 8:00pm

Friday, February 13 at 8:00pm

Saturday, February 14 at 8:00pm

For any additional questions contact Katie McClellen (katie-mcclellen@uiowa.edu)