Content Warnings

To help you prepare to see shows at OSF, we are providing this page of detailed content that may be upsetting to some viewers.

Please note that how sensitive content is treated can change during rehearsals. We will update these content warnings to reflect these changes throughout the season, so please check back on this page before you arrive to see the production.

If you have questions or concerns not addressed on this page, please contact our Box Office or Group Sales (if you will be visiting us with a group).

We recognize that challenging content can disturb as well as enlighten. If you are interested in support resources, please find some suggestions here.

SPOILER ALERT! These content warnings contain details that may give away key plot points in the play.

None at this time.

In response to information about the 9/11 attacks, there are brief moments when characters portray Islamophobia. Depicts alcohol consumption and drunkenness.

Multiple conversations about and depictions of racism. Depictions of drunkenness and discussions of drinking, some language that can be considered homophobic, mentions physically disciplining a child, and a brief description of a violent act. There are multiple conversations that euphemistically discuss abortion.

The dialogue contains mild profanity and racist language for comic effect. There is a brief scene set in an adult bookstore, which includes mentions of sex toys and pornography.

Following the journey from cancer diagnosis to death could be triggering for some. There is some profanity, vaping, instances of misgendering, and minimal talk of using drugs.

The dialogue contains sexual and violent imagery, profanity, and the “n-word” used familiarly by Black characters to one another. Guns are discussed, and gun violence is depicted. There are incidents of theft and other crimes.

Warm but critical discussions of religion and religious practices. Remembrances of being beaten as a child. Stories of immigration and legal status may be triggering for some.

Mild physical violence is depicted, often to comic effect; volatile power dynamics related to gender are an inherent part of the play.

Frequent depictions of drinking, language that can be considered fatphobic, staged combat and battles.

Mild profanity and one mention of drinking.

Powerful theatre can move, challenge, distress, delight...and sometimes, doesn’t end when you leave. We recognize that challenging content can disturb as well as enlighten. Please use the following resources to empower yourself.

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
1-800-273-8255

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Lifeline
Call or text 988

National Domestic Violence Hotline
thehotline.org or at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233)
Online chat is available.
Calling is recommended if concerned that internet usage may be monitored

Community Works/Dunn House
If you live in the Rogue Valley (Oregon)
Crisis line: 541-779-4357
www.community-works.org

Jackson County Sexual Assault Response Team (SART)
If you live in the Rogue Valley (Oregon)
541-840-0904
www.jacksoncountysart.org

National Sexual Assault Hotline
1-800-840-0904

Suicide and Crisis Lifeline for Veterans
Dial 988, then press “1” or text 8328255
chat online with the Veterans Crisis Line at www.veteranscrisisline.net

Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
Call or text 988

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Lifeline
Call or text 988

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender National Hotline
1-888-843-4564

Q Chat Space
(online community for LGBTQ+ teens)
www.qchatspace.org

The Trevor Project
1-866-488-7386
www.thetrevorproject.org

Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline
Call or text 1-800-422-4453

Oregon Child Abuse Hotline
1-855-503-SAFE (7233)

Adult Survivors of Childhood Abuse (ASCA)
www.ascasupport.org

RESOLVE: The National Infertility Institute
find support groups at www.resolve.org.
For groups in Oregon, please see
resolve.org/support-groups_state/oregon

Sanctuary Promise Program
Oregon has been a sanctuary state since 1987. For more information about what this means, please see the Oregon Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Services page at bit.ly/3QpTGkR

Equity Corps of Oregon
low- to no-cost legal services for immigrants
1-888-274-7292.

Oregon Worker Relief
For immigrants who have lost work, are experiencing eviction, or other financial emergency
[email protected] or www.workerrelief.org.

Infidelity Survivors Anonymous
for a local support group that works with betrayed and/or unfaithful partners
www.isurvivors.org