Editor’s Note: This article contains mentions of sexual assault. As a 20-year-old woman, ideas of safety, self-defense, and security have been ingrained in me ever since I was a little girl. In ...

Liliana Padilla's Award-Winning Play HOW TO DEFEND YOURSELF Explodes Onto Stray Cat Stage with Raw Power and Fierce Urgency The Yale Drama Series Prize-winning drama that critics call "a game-changer" ...

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Liliana Padilla’s funny, jagged, and sometimes deliberately incoherent HOW TO DEFEND YOURSELF, now playing at Tempe Center for the Arts until February 28, throws us into a world where young people, ...