Nevermore

<p>Each incident of childhood sexual abuse can foster up to twenty-six basic reactions that range in type and degree. They can manifest as mistrust social isolation memory problems self-blame and they often even result in repeated victimizations and self-harm. </p><p>Prior to my training as a counselor I had thought that those twenty-six consequences were unique to me...that I was alone in my pain. Once I realized that I was not alone and also that these reactions were totally normal responses to abuse I was determined to find a way to show others that they too were not alone...that they were also normal rational and probably safe now. I wanted to show them that they really could heal. </p><p>Nevermore is the intricately woven multi-generational play that resulted from that desire. It is a story about abuse in all of its ugliness and all of its sameness.</p>