And Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep
Written by Frank Otis
Footscray Community Arts Centre, 45 Moreland St.
May 24-25, 8pm. $8/5
And Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep is a new play that takes a no holds barred look at how rape affects survivors. Directed By Andrea Ousley, it takes you inside the nightmare world of a rape survivor's mind showing you their thoughts and fears. This is not a "have a shower and don't touch your lover for two weeks" type of story. This story is real, this story is truth.
This is writer and political activist Frank Otis's first play, written in 1995. It is a brutal story that has to be told. Otis is a rape survivor himself, and feels that the general community does not understand what a rape survivor goes through. "It makes me so angry when people say 'just put it behind you', but no one will tell you how. Rape affects every aspect of your being; it not only changes the way you do things but it changes the way you act and feel. If this play can give people just a little more understanding then it has done its job", he said.