Consulting Producer on an important new documentary

A group of courageous adult survivors seizes an uncharted opportunity to demand accountability for what they and their classmates endured as students at a famous children’s theater, finally unearthing their long-buried childhood trauma.

This is the story of a group of adult plaintiffs who bring litigation against the famous theater that betrayed them in their youth. For decades, the prestigious Children’s Theatre Company (CTC) enchanted young audiences in Minneapolis. But behind the magic lay a disturbing secret: widespread sexual abuse of child actors at the hands of revered artistic director John Clark Donahue and other staff members. Magic & Monsters captures a movement of empowered survivors transforming pain into real change.

Every year, millions of children and teenagers worldwide participate in drama programs through schools, summer camps, and professional and community theaters. Long considered safe spaces for kids who don’t identify with mainstream culture, acting and theater can be havens for confidencebuilding and creative expression. Some of the traits that uniquely lend themselves to success in acting include openness and vulnerability. But left in the wrong hands, children who display these qualities can be exploited, putting vulnerable youth at even greater risk. Magic & Monsters is a cautionary tale of the dangers that can occur when artistically gifted children are caught in the grasp of an unchecked creative genius.