In Fearless, Mut-Dog is stolen from his home because his mother had a can of peas on her shelf past their use-by date

The characters in Stolen have a sentence at the start which sums up their story ("I'm finally gonna meet my mother" for Jimmy).

The disadvantaged, and especially the parentless, are sexually abused- Ruby and later Jimmy were abused

Both plays break the fourth wall to address and confront the audience: Lotte's song at the beginning...

The actors break out of character and mock a character: The actors swarming and bossing around Ruby in Stolen are an example.