ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL RISK AND WAIVER OF LIABILITY

By accessing, viewing, engaging with, or otherwise exposing oneself to any portion of the website, marketing materials, script excerpts, media assets, or live performances related to the theatrical production Apprehension (hereinafter “the Work”), the undersigned (hereinafter “the Participant”) hereby affirms, acknowledges, and agrees to the following:

1. Voluntary Participation:

   The Participant acknowledges that engagement with Apprehension is entirely voluntary and may involve exposure to content of an intense, disturbing, disorienting, or otherwise provocative nature, including but not limited to themes of paranoia, cult behavior, psychological dissolution, moral ambiguity, and metaphysical dread.

2. Assumption of Risk:

   The Participant knowingly and voluntarily assumes full responsibility for any and all physiological, emotional, philosophical, spiritual, or epistemological consequences that may result from such engagement. These may include, but are not limited to: elevated heart rate, persistent unease, vivid dreams of a troubling or revelatory nature, erosion of foundational beliefs, distrust of familiar persons, existential crisis, or the overwhelming sensation that something is “not quite right.”

3. Release of Liability:

   The Participant hereby releases and forever discharges the creators, producers, performers, directors, designers, ushers, ticket vendors, web developers, janitorial staff, and any persons living or dead tangentially associated with the Work from any and all claims, liabilities, damages, or complaints, whether real or imagined, arising from or related to their participation.

4. No Remedies Guaranteed:

   The Participant understands that no therapeutic relief, cathartic resolution, comforting denouement, or narrative closure is either promised or implied. Prolonged engagement with the Work may result in sustained emotional ambiguity or the deepening of pre-existing anxieties.

5. Indemnification:

   The Participant agrees to indemnify and hold harmless all aforementioned parties from any claims brought forth by third parties, including but not limited to concerned friends, romantic partners, therapists, or spiritual advisors, arising from behavioral, rhetorical, or philosophical changes observed in the Participant subsequent to exposure.

By attending a performance of Apprehension or otherwise proceeding past this point, the Participant certifies that they have read, understood, and agreed to the above, and acknowledges that their reality may not be returned in its original condition.