The nine actors perform scenarios that are based on their own experiences when they were using.

"We've gotten a strong response from kids," said member Arnar Benediktsson, 18. "That's because we've been through the situations we perform."

In the scene "Addiction is a Family Disease," C.A.S.T. members play Benediktsson's therapists and mother. After being peppered with questions, he withdraws and explains his and his mother's addictions to the audience. He talks about using drugs to escape, then turns his focus back to the stage.

"Why is it about me? What about you, Mom?" he yells.

The group was founded four years ago and is run by Compass Health Care, a treatment organization with multiple facilities in the Tucson area.