About this Event
ReproEco: Six Short New Plays is Co-Presented by ReproFreedomArts.org and MultiStages with Goddard Riverside Community Arts Program.
ReproEco: Six Short New Plays connect our reproductive health and our environment. Directed by
<h4>Six talented playwrights, who represent a cross-section of America, were commissioned to create new works inspired by investigations and conversations with experts in reproductive rights and environmental justice.
Powerful storytellers use humor, mythology, futurism and drama to look at how our bodies, our communities and our futures are affected by forever chemicals, plastics, industrial waste, and the need for safe drinking water, air and soil.
Friday October 4th - 7:00PM
Saturday October 5th- 3:00PM
Refreshments available! Each performance will be followed by an interactive Q&A with the playwrights.</h4>
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Featuring:
"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.
Diane Breeser lives in western Wisconsin, writes historically-based plays, and is co-founder of an award-winning theatre group, .
"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.
Cindy Cooper is an award-winning playwright, journalist and author, and the founder of ReproFreedomArts.org.
"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.
Alinca Hamilton is a New York born and bred actor, writer and creator with an MFA in Acting from Columbia University.
"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.
Mildred Inez Lewis is an AGE Legacy award winner who writes and directs for stage, screen and audio while holding commissions from the Lucille Lortel and SPARC Theatre's Science@Play and teaching English at Chapman University.
"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.
Cassandra Medley (We Are Our Ancestors Reasons for Living) is a New York City African-American playwright and winner of the 2023 Helen Merrill Playwriting Award.
"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.
is a playwright whose award-winning ‘Four Women in Red’ opens January 17, 2025, at the Victory Theater in Burbank, CA, directed by Jeanette Harrison.
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ABOUT US
@ChoiceTheater
is theatre company dedicated to reproductive health, freedom, rights and justice. IG @ReproFreedomArts
is an award-winning multicultural and multidisciplinary theatre company in its 25th year of developing and producing new works, led by Founder and Artistic Director Lorca Peress (Co-Producer). IG @MultiStages
provides opportunities for people of all ages to experience and participate in the arts. Community Arts events take place at the Bernie Wohl Center, at Columbus Avenue between W 91st and 92nd Street.
Accessibility Notice
Please note that the 8 steps to enter the auditorium are steep, but the stairwell has a railing. The auditorium is not fully wheelchair accessible, as entry requires the use of an automatic chairlift which a person must be able to transfer themselves into or come with a trusted friend/carer who is capable of physically lifting in/out of the chair. Please notify us at [email protected] 212-799-9400 x 4405/4410 in advance if you are aware of attendees who may require special accommodations.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Bernie Wohl Center at Goddard Riverside, 647 Columbus Ave, New York, United States
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