Why focus on child victims who are now adults?
In the case of child victims, the perpetrators are typically the parents, teachers, caretakers or other relatives, meaning that the potential is high that the abuse was repetitive, or even chronic. It means that the child must somehow adjust to the fact of "the most trusted person in their life" is in fact an opportunistic criminal, leaving the child to create a worldview in which this untenable contradiction informs their development, their very brain neurology, and inevitably, their life choices. The child is typically forced into silence and secret by threats, creating an atmosphere of habitual lying, helplessness and the sacrifice of her/his authenticity. The physical trauma is therefore compounded by these staggering psychological traumas.
The reason audience members must be adults is because of the maturity required to handle this topic, not only for the victims/survivors, but for anybody who is willing to think about it. The breaking of silence on the taboo subject of sexual abuse is both confronting and, eventually, healing. Silence hides the truth, and healing will not occur before the difficult truth of the wounding is acknowledged.