PLAYWRIGHT Marsha T. Jones makes no secret about the trauma of her childhood, not anymore.
Sexually abused by an uncle from the age of three to 16, she kept silent for decades, afraid of retribution, or worse, that no one would believe her.
“He was like a big brother to me, the person I played Hot Wheels with,” recalls Jones, shaking her head. “Telling was complicated, confusing.”
When she finally mustered the courage to tell her family and press charges against him, several members chose to testify in court in support of her abuser. He’s serving a 20-year prison sentence anyway, and she now makes up for lost time by speaking boldly about the secret she was told to keep.
“I talk about it all the time now, because I know that it might help someone else,” says the gregarious Jones, who finished her MFA at SCAD last year and is currently working towards a Masters’ in Art Administration. “That’s helped me heal a lot.”
[For more of this story, written by Jessica Leigh Lebos, go to http://www.connectsavannah.com.../Content?oid=2602909]
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