Extremities, which opened last night at the Main Street Playhouse, is a play that sheds a light on the perils of the crime of rape. Is the victim partly responsible and inviting violence because of the way she's dressed? Does the victim have a right to exercise her own brand of justice after being violated physically and mentally?
Marjorie (Sabrina Gore) is a young, attractive, single woman living with two roommates. Alone in her home, doing some light cleaning in a red nighty, she is assaulted by a strange man, Raul (Daniel Nieves), who tries to rape her.
Marjorie manages to grab the cleaning solution from the coffee table and sprays it into his eyes. She kicks him, knocks him unconscious, and blindfolds him. She then ties him with a length of rope and locks him into her fireplace with chains. Then, Marjorie begins to torture Raul, affectively turning the hunter into the victim.
This is a technicality Raul knows all too well, and he'll use to his advantage as he tries to scare her into releasing him. He knows she's got nothing. And he knows that rape is one of those crimes that can be easily manipulated and tweaked enough in a courtroom, that he may not only walk, but also have her be the one who spends time in prison.
