FREQUENT COARSE AND DEROGATORY LANGUAGE

The following coarse language is used frequently throughout the show:

Fuck, Fucking

The following derogatory terms and coarse language is used on occasion throughout the show:

Fugly, Faggot, Cocky bastard, Bitch, Genetic alien, Inbred

SEXUAL INTIMACY BETWEEN CONSENTING INDIVIDUALS AND PARTIAL NUDITY

There are multiple moments of explicit sexual intimacy between the characters of Sam and Doc. These simulations include but are not limited to: kissing, caressing, peer masturbation and anal sex. There is no full nudity on stage.

There is a scene where the ghost of Sam kisses Doc. During the kiss, Sam’s body becomes a corpse again. 

FREQUENT DISCUSSION OF DISABILITY, CHRONIC ILLNESS AND CHRONIC PAIN

The story is set at a fictional conference for rare diseases. The audience meets the character of Sam, who has compound heterozygous titin myopathy type 2a. The audience also follows the story of Evie who has Rheumatoid Arthritis and ADHD. Consequently, there is frequent discussion surrounding both Sam and Evie’s specific disabilities, as well as disability in general – including but not limited to treatments and medical trials, the medicalization and pathologizing of disabled people, infantilization and paternalism within the medical system, the desexualizing of disabled bodies, and the monetization and exploitation of disability and chronic illness in the medical industry.

FREQUENT DEPICTIONS OF ABLEISM

There are frequent depictions of ableism within the text. This includes but is not limited to:

Disabled people being reduced to their medical diagnoses

Non-disabled characters telling disabled characters how they should feel, what decisions to make and what they should do with their bodies

Denial of personal agency, particularly as it relates to disabled women

Infantilization and paternalism within the medical system and broader society

The desexualizing of disabled people

Monetization and exploitation of disability and chronic illness

Abuse of power dynamics by non-disabled characters in positions of authority

Pity and the victimization of disabled people

Charity and non-disabled heroism

Multiple discussions about medical conditions being named after the non-disabled doctors who researched them, instead of the disabled people who experience them

Devaluation of the lived experience of disabled people

FREQUENT DEPICTIONS OF MEDICAL AND HOSPITAL IMAGERY, DEVICES AND TREATMENTS

Including but not limited to:

Syringes

Stock video of healthy children depicting sick children

Microscopic images of internal tissue

Pills and other medications

DISCUSSION OF GROOMING AND MEDICAL CONSENT

After having sexual relations, the characters of Sam and Doc have a detailed discussion about whether Doc groomed Sam, and the ethics, blurred lines and nuances of medical consent.

REFERENCES TO DEATH, DYING AND MORTALITY

Throughout the show, there are multiple references to death, dying and mortality.

In a light-hearted manner, the character of Sam references multiple occurrences of nearly dying as a child.

There are multiple conversations surrounding mortality, and what it means to truly live.

REFERENCES TO SEXUAL ASSAULT

There is a plotline in the play where Doc is investigating a series of sexual assaults committed by a doctor who attempted to pass them as medical examinations, specifically an examination of the lymph nodes, to his patients. The fictional medical corporation in the piece, Geneuris, covers the assaults up. The perpetrator is not a character we see on stage and no sexual assault is depicted on stage. 

DEPICTIONS OF ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION  

There are multiple occurrences where the characters depict the consumption of alcohol and being intoxicated. 

DEPICTION OF A MEDICAL PROCEDURE 

At the end of the play, the character of Doc depicts undertaking a tissue extraction procedure on a corpse. 

REFERENCES TO DRUG CONSUMPTION 

There are multiple mentions of the consumption of weed but no character takes any onstage

PRODUCTION WARNINGS
 
Use of loud and dynamic sound

Partial nudity – actors in underwear.