Hiya, I'm Juliet, the Leontes in the production Ron mentioned. No one was surprised. It was anticipated to an extent. What was shocking was the intensity, consistency and magnitude of the problem. As a fairly intimidating woman, I had to intervene multiple times when smaller, younger castmates were being approached, touched, verbally intimidated and harassed. Ron initially noticed my sharing this post about our production because I shared a story from last night, when I was touched inappropriately and then verbally and sexually harassed on the train.

So, with respect, I appreciate your response, but whether or not we were surprised is not the issue. The issue is we were made to feel threatened and unsafe.