DANCING ON LANDMINES: The Continuing Saga of CTC
By Laura Stearns
I saw a photograph the other day that sent me directly to the core of my trauma. An old theater production photo, shared on Facebook, of the man who raped me when I was a child. The person who shared the photo was doing so to celebrate the work of a different man, a designer. Yet there was Jason McLean, this monstrous man, this pedophile, who to this day hasn’t been held accountable for his actions, beautifully lit on an exquisite set. The contradiction of these two things existing in the same photograph sat heavy in my stomach.
For love and for children, past, present, and future.
By Kristen Froebel “The above the fold picture of Laura Stearns looking at Kim Motes with a mixture of disdain and sympathy was a study of contradictions. And this, alongside the title of the story, “CTC tragedy’s final act” tickles me. What a premature victory lap! Almost as filled with irony as the triumphalist 50th-anniversary…
What do you wish you’d been taught?
By Daisy I came into CTC a bit wary. I hated JCD from the moment he first glared at me. I adored Don Fogelberg, though, so my radar certainly wasn’t honed. I also had a major crush on Jason McLean and enjoyed flirting with him backstage during The Nightingale. I thought I was special to…
I didn’t believe we were children
By Eden Before I started at CTC , I was from a different city and already involved in theatre, which was the only thing that mattered to me in my life. At CTC I was amongst others who were singularly focused on theatre above all else, many of them so dedicated that they were willing…
An open letter to the Children’s Theatre Company and community far and wide, staff, students, teachers, administration, board members, parents, audience, all:
by Ben Kreilkamp in 2016, in response to the lawsuits filed against CTC, and the growing number of stories being told amongst the theatre community. I’m writing in support of the former students from the Children’s Theatre Company who are now bringing charges against the CTC staff and administration of the ’70s and ’80s. I…