Friday, September 19, 7pm
Saturday, September 20, 3:30pm
MultiStages, ReproFreedomArts.org, and Culture Lab LIC are joining together to present ReproEco, a collection of six short plays written by six fabulous women that connect our reproductive health and the environment.
Through humor, mythology, Afro-futurism and drama, we look at toxins, our bodies, our communities & our futures.
Playwrights Diane Breeser, Cindy Cooper, Alinca Hamilton, Mildred Inez Lewis, Cassandra Medley & Laura Shamas.
ReproFreedomArts.org commissioned these talented playwrights, who represent a cross-section of America, to create new works inspired by investigations and conversations with experts in reproductive rights and environmental justice.
This presentation includes original dances created by Jennifer Chin to accompany the plays.
Co-produced by Cindy Cooper and Lorca Peress
Directed by Lorca Peress & Allison Astor-Vargas
Music composed by Sun Hee Kil
Dramaturgy by Lisa Lindstrom
The Plays:
“Maybe Our Baby” by Diane Breeser: A pregnant woman has a comical nightmare after reading an article on forever chemicals in her doctor’s waiting room.
“Until the Change Comes” by Cindy Cooper An advertising duo begins to question their work after an uninvited visit from Theo Colborn, a woman scientist from years gone by who became the first to identify toxic harms to health.
“Always Never Really Here” by Alinca Hamilton Monica and Gabrielle Tompkins, a mother and daughter, face the harsh realities of living without clean running water in the verifiably real town of Sand Branch, Texas.
“Through Water Into Blood” by Mildred Inez Lewis After a devastating miscarriage, a West Virginia woman confronts her birth doula and they both realize the role toxic chemicals may have played.
“We Are Our Ancestors Reasons for Living” by Cassandra Medley In an Afro-futurism style, intergenerational women experience an altered world in which nature is so degraded that the out-of-doors must be delivered and enjoyed virtually.
“Priorities” by Laura Shamas In a dystopian future, two gynecologists and a midwife meet in secret to prioritize the needs of their pregnant patients, so they can escape to a better environment.
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reproeco-six-short-plays-with-dance-tickets-1489158566359
