(Archive from 2012 to 2021) HowlRound Theatre Commons Podcasts

Daughters of Lorraine Season 3 Episode 7: Staging Reproductive Freedom in Black Feminist Theatre


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This episode is inspired by recent and current events regarding Roe v. Wade and their potential impact on birthing people. We think about the representation of reproductive justice (things such as abortion, contraception, and anything regarding decisions to birth or plan a family) especially from Black women playwrights. We discuss plays such as They That Sit in Darkness by Mary Burrill, Rachel by Angelina Weld Grimke, Come Down Burning by Kia Corthron, In the Blood by Suzan-Lori Parks, and Abortion Road Trip by Rachel Lynett. 

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