Los Angeles, CA. April 23, 2013 – Opening night of BEFORE A FALL, a gripping play about child sexual abuse and a 2012 finalist for The Goldberg Prize in playwriting, will serve as a benefit for RAINN, the rape, abuse, and incest national network. On June 9, doors open at The Hudson Backstage Theatre for a 7 PM performance of the 110 minute play, immediately followed by drinks, desserts, and a raffle of items from RAINN, as well as local businesses. 100% of the evening’s net proceeds will go to RAINN.
Lily Mercer, an award winning writer and recent MFA graduate of NYU/Tisch, didn’t set out to raise awareness; she set out to write a play. It was late 2010, and she had just started graduate school. “I was surfing the internet for ideas, when I found a story about the pastor of a small Southern chur...
