All four craft a secret plan to kill Jackson because of their shared fear that no one would believe them. Unwanted sexual advances from Jackson, Emmy’s stepbrother, plague three of the girls. Thea (Weinberg sophomore Zakyra Ashby) is compassionate, caring and worried.Īmid an involved conversation, the play starts when they are discovered in the sandbox by Alix (Communication junior Caroline Humphrey), Harper’s stern yet compassionate older sister.īest friends spending the summer after fifth grade on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, the girls bicker for the majority of the play, and while the arguments seem innocent and even petty at first, the dark reasons behind their outbursts slowly burn through. Emmy (Communication sophomore Ani Kabillio) is guarded and ambitious.

Hanna (Communication sophomore Nastia Goddard is headstrong, dramatic and, sometimes, authentic to a fault. Harper (Communication sophomore Nora James Eikner) is energized with a need to prove herself. In the first scene of the play, four girls emerge from darkness. The show, directed by Communication sophomore Kate Horton and produced by Communication sophomore Wylde Laden, played Friday and Saturday at Shanley Pavilion. Written by Communication senior Frances Mary McKittrick, “Blood Pact” explores the reality of a girlhood filled with anger and struggle. Vertigo Productions’ “Blood Pact” points a lens on the darker aspects of girlhood, where friendship bracelets are weaved with anger and dyed with blood. Content warning: This story contains mention of sexual assault.įorget summer camps and tie-dye T-shirts.

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