i’m 17. i’m homeschooled now but when i was in school, i did highschool theatre. i was really good at it. i was the lead actress in several productions. i loved acting. two years ago, a boy i was in a play with tried to rape me in the theatre girls dressing room. i’m not going to go into it but it really messed me up. i tried to tell my director after it happened and he said, and i quote, “no no no don’t tell me. i don’t want you to taint my view of him”. i pushed all the feelings and confusion and fear of this boy away and i did one more semester of theatre. i didn’t process what had happened to me. i didn’t tell anyone for 6 months after it happened. when i finally did tell my parents, we switched schools. i wanted to do theatre at this new school, i thought it would be a fresh start and i didn’t want to give up doing something that i loved so much. i didn’t want him to get to take that away from me. so i got cast in a play at this new school, (we live in a small town) and the boy who sexually assaulted me, he was best friends with one of the boys in the play at the new school with me. (this is important) well in november, a different boy (who was friends with both of the other boys, the one who sexually assaulted me and his friend) he started touching me, rubbing up against me, making awful sexual comments towards me, groping me and just over al, sexually harassing me. i quickly told my teacher what was happening, she involved the principals and everyone, and they all decided to cover it up. i got kicked out of the play for causing trouble, rocking the boat. so i left that school and now i’m homeschooled. my question is, should i just give up on theatre? i’m love it so much but at the same time i’m terrified of something happening again. would you try again? or just cut your losses and find a new hobby? i really want to try again. i just can’t bring myself to do it. what should i do?