UMD had containers of various hazardous wastes located throughout the facility that were not closed. The accumulation areas were not being inspected at least once a week. UMass Dartmouth had complied with all of the above violations and remedied the problems. The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth will present a performance of The Rape Tapes, a one-act multimedia play written and directed by UMD English Professor Catherine Houser. UMD Graduate student Susan Nichols is producing the performance.
Admission is free.
Along with being the playwright and director, Houser is also the sole actress. The perfomance focuses on the rape and incest experiences of one woman in her twenties. The staging includes a video camera, projector and screen, as well as voice-over dialogue and music. Houser earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in fiction from Arizona State University. Drama is a departure from her usual writing, although she wrote drama as a graduate student.