Article September 23, 2019 ISSUE

How can we feel safe?

By Mara Purl

“Be careful of the missing corner on that last step tonight,” I warned my costar during a recent theater production.

Luminescent tape that normally would have marked the absent triangle of that step’s edge had been removed during repairs. My colleague heeded the warning, but I somehow failed to. En route to my first entrance, I felt my foot bend at an awkward angle when it found no supporting corner.

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