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Nicky silver is unafraid to pick at the scabs covering our most painful and private wounds. The result will be richly and frighteningly hilarious. The story opens at a gravesite where Sebastian meets his sister Bernadette and her husband Kip. This is their mother’s funeral. Sebastian is a writer for Vanity Fair, but unfortunately his last article was highly unfounded, so now he’s broke. Bernadette offers to take him in, but she has demons of her own to conquer. One of them is her husband, who is going through a crossroads of sorts. A dentist by trade, Kip decides to give up his practice and become a painter, much to Bernadette’s dismay. On the flip side of the coin, Sebastian decides to dump his therapist due to financial and personal reasons. Desperate to keep him as a client, she professes her love to Sebastian, which makes him more withdrawn. The only thing that keeps Sebastian uplifted is his pen pal, Dylan, who is in jail for murder. Welcome to the wonderful, warped world of Nicky Silver. Raised in Captivity is a show for anyone who is stuck in their own mind but can find the redeeming qualities - not without a few turns and twists in the road, though. Like Christopher Durang, Nicky Silver blends wry humor and deep dark pathos that is slightly amusing. Painful but amusing. Silver builds a basic story about siblings growing up, becoming rivals, taking different paths, and ending up together again with the scars to prove it. Company members of the cast for RAISED IN CAPTIVITY include: Anaheim: Elizabeth Blanchard. Chino Hills: Michele Carroll. Fullerton: Alisha Lené Jaramillo and James Lloyd Williams. La Habra: Cody Wilbourn. Placentia: Eric Larson,. Santa Ana: Lee Kociela. This play contains adult situations and subject matter and is recommended for mature audiences.