In partnership with the YWCA's Resolve Family Abuse Program, “Why We Stayed: The Forgotten Victims of Domestic Violence Speak “ shows 20 characters in crisis as they each face their own situations of domestic violence. These hard hitting portrayals of men and women tell the forgotten and ignored stories of the day to day survival of America’s silent victims.  From the mother-to-be, to the mother-in-law, the jaded cop to the devastated BCS worker, to the nurse and the convict, and the women of society and poverty and your next door neighbor, the characters preach truth to society’s conveniently deafened ears.  Featuring the talents of actors Kayla Skidmore, Amanda Skidmore, Kaye Maertz, Meredith Clark, Rob Royce, La’Mera Rice, Desirae Rucker, Bill Myers,Sarah Schoolcraft, Linda O’Neil, Morgan Kirk, Ariel Dobbins, Erin Martin and Jack Rogers,  this piece is rated PG 13 due to mature language and subject material.