Abstract
In 2017, two students at St. Francis Xavier University were arrested on charges of sexual violence. In support of student survivors, Theatre Antigonish staged the feminist collective piece This is For You, Anna in 2018, which I was privileged to direct. This article focuses on how the on-campus production and audience responded to acts of gender-based violence. In directing This is For You, Anna, I spoke with Banuta Rubess (one of the playwrights), facilitated workshops for the actors on gender-based violence, updated the script to reflect current cases and the #MeToo movement, shared resources for survivors at the production, and organized a panel to accompany each performance. In examining the St. Francis Xavier University production and creation process, this article asks, what can theatre do for student survivors? How can theatre enact change on campus?