Laura Stearns
MEDIA
Click the links below to watch or read interviews or articles about Laura and her work.
Listen to Connections Radio Interviews
Laurie Fitz of AM950 Connections Radio Show generously dedicated two of her hour-long radio shows to an extensive interview about my books and the importance of advocacy.
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October 8, 2022
Hosts Laurie Fitz and Rick Bernardo join Laura Stearns for part 1 of 2 interviews about her new book, “Shattered: Exposing the Open Secret of the Children’s Theatre Scandal ~ A Memoir of Harm and Healing.”
October 15, 2022
Hosts Laurie Fitz and Rick Bernardo join Laura Stearns for part 2 about her new book, “Shattered: Exposing the Open Secret of the Children’s Theatre Scandal,” and her coming book, “Daring to Heal: Growing Beyond Trauma through Awareness, Acceptance and Action.”
More about the Children's Theater Company:
In December of 2015, Laura was the first litigant to file a civil suit under the MN Child Victims Act against the company actor that raped her in 1983, Jason McLean, and the Minneapolis theater institution that harbored and protected him, The Children’s Theatre Company and School (CTC). By May 2016 a total of seventeen lawsuits were filed against CTC and or the perpetrators of child sexual abuse endured by students at CTC. Dozens of sexual predators were identified through the investigation that ensued.
To learn more about what happened at CTC from the mid-1960s through the mid-1980s, please see the articles and news clips below:
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https://www.mprnews.org/story/2019/10/07/innocence-lost-childrens-theatre-abuse-survivors-justice
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https://thecommunitycouncil.medium.com/ctc-community-council-report-c57238c35fc7