With This Ring addresses domestic violence and the cycle of abuse when both women and men are the victims of abuse.
With This Ring addresses domestic violence and the cycle of abuse when both women and men are the victims of abuse. The stage production addresses the issue of domestic violence as experienced through the lives of victims of abuse. As children, newlywed Lisa and her big brother Derrick witness the vicious abuse and murder of their mother at the hands for their drunken father. Both Lisa and Derrick are marked by this tragedy and carry the horrifying memory of abuse with them. Scarred by domestic violence at such a formative time in their lives, both Lisa and Derrick continue the cycle of violence in their own romantic relationships. In "With This Ring", Lisa and Derrick both reach the tipping point when they have to decide if they will seek healing or continue the cycle of violence that stole their childhood innocence.
With This Ring addresses domestic violence and the cycle of abuse when both women and men are the victims of abuse.
With This Ring addresses domestic violence and the cycle of abuse when both women and men are the victims of abuse. The stage production addresses the issue of domestic violence as experienced through the lives of victims of abuse. As children, newlywed Lisa and her big brother Derrick witness the vicious abuse and murder of their mother at the hands for their drunken father. Both Lisa and Derrick are marked by this tragedy and carry the horrifying memory of abuse with them. Scarred by domestic violence at such a formative time in their lives, both Lisa and Derrick continue the cycle of violence in their own romantic relationships. In "With This Ring", Lisa and Derrick both reach the tipping point when they have to decide if they will seek healing or continue the cycle of violence that stole their childhood innocence.
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