There's a part of you that no one can touch. I don't know if you needed to hear that? Or, maybe I needed to hear that?
Seven college students at a DIY self-defense workshop face the insidious ways rape culture steals one's body and sense of belonging. With sharp humor and brutal honesty, How to Defend Yourself explores what we want, how to ask for it, and the violator and violated inside us all.
Director: Mayaan Haputantri
Associate Director: Hasanga Liyanagunawardena
Stage Manager / Design: Raiyah Jameel
Light: Hasanga Liyanagunawardena
Sound: Joshua Weerasingham
Production Manager: Mayaan Haputantri
Team: Anjuli Mahinkanda | Hasanga Liyanagunawardena | Januki Jayakody | Joshua Weerasingham | Naveed Hashim | Pravin Jayasundere | Raiyah Jameel | Thimanthi Jayasuriya
Cast: Hajarah Faleel | Dulya de Silva | Hathim Asgerally | Januki Jayakody | Nismath Thasleem | Danelle Toussaint | Anjuli Mahinkanda
Production Photography: by_jeeves
Production Photography: by_jeeves