They were made simply by tracing real people onto the plywood. A very effective presentation is to arrange the figures at the front of a darkened room and to have someone with a spotlight or flashlight shine the light in turn at each of the silhouettes, while each voice is read by a different person. If possible, recruit the characters from your audience in advance. The following variation of the script was produced by the Minnesota Crime Prevention Officers Association for use at a training conference. Adapt the script for your own audience - or ask audience members ahead of time to prepare one piece of the script.
Violence is actions and words that hurt people.
My name is Kelly. The people who used to be my parents were ashamed of me because I was slow. They kept me chained to my bed. The neighbor found out and called someone. I'm getting a new family who will take better care of me.