ReproEco: Tomorrow Is Now
About the Show
A MultiStages and ReproFreedomArts Co-Production for Femme Collective
Multicultural and multigenerational women bring fresh perspectives to the hot topic issues of reproductive health and environmental justice in a program of exciting theatre and dance.
Six short plays by women connect our reproductive health and the environment. With humor, mythology, Afro-futurism, drama and dance, these multicultural stories look at toxins, plastics, eco-challenges and the effects on our bodies, our communities and our future.
THE PLAYS:
"Always Never Really Here" by Alinca Hamilton
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.
"Until the Change Comes" by Cindy Cooper
A branding team begins to question their work after a visit from Theo Colborn, a woman scientist from years gone by who first identified toxic harms to health.
"Figments" by Diane Breeser
A woman, discovering she is pregnant, has a comical nightmare about microplastics and small steps she can take to protect against environmental harm.
"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.
THE DANCES:
Four modern dances and projected imagery bring the elements of Water, Earth, Fire and Air to life.
Sept 19 at 2pm-
Talkback with Cassandra Medley, award-winning playwright, with work in ReproEco:Tomorrow Is Now
Sept 23 at 7 pm-
Talkback with Tina Rosenberg, co-founder of Solutions Journalism, with global outreach on environment, former NYTimes writer, Pulitzer Prize
Sept 25 at 7pm-
Talkback with Lynn M. Paltrow, lawyer, founder (retired) of Pregnancy Justice, activist with The Beacon for Democracy
Sept 26 at 7 pm-
Talkback with Dr. Jacqui Patterson, founder Chisholm Legacy Project, formerly NAACP Climate program, Time Woman of Year 2024; Interviewed by Alinca Hamilton, creative, playwright
Oct 1 at 7pm-
Talkback with Margie Kelly, Media Manager NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council), formerly at the Center for Reproductive Rights
Acting Ensemble:
James Alton
Gena Bardwell
Jean Brookner*
Darlenis Duran
Joyce Griffen*
Pernell Walker*
Brielle Webb
Becca Worthington
JenniferChinDance Company:
Jennifer Chin
Adele Carlson
Maya Lam
Fiona Oba
ARTISTIC CO:
Jan Hartley, Projection Design
Sun Hee Kil, Sound Design & Original Music
Kia Rogers, Lighting Design
Lisa Renee Jordan, Costume Design
Jennifer Varbalow, Scenic/Property Design
Jennifer Chin, Choreographer
A.J. Muhammad, Historical Dramaturgy
Allison Astor-Vargas, Assistant Director
Lorca Peress, Director
Cindy Cooper, Co-Producer
Lorca Peress, Co-Producer, MultiStages Artistic Director
Melanie Ashby-Hunt, Stage Manager
Matthew White, Assoc. Stage Manager
Hadley Todoran, Production Stage Manager
CREDIT:
Recipient of LMCC Creative Engagement, NYSCA-A.R.T./New York Creative Opportunity Fund, N.W. Dible Foundation, and Distracted Globe Foundation.
This project is made possible in part with funds from a regrant program(s) supported by The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) in partnership with the City Council and The New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by LMCC.
MultiStages is a multicultural, multidisciplinary theater company, founded by Artistic Director Lorca Peress, dedicated to new works and social engagement.
ReproFreedomArts.org/Words of Choice, Inc., Cindy Cooper, Executive Director, is a not-for-profit theater company dedicated to supporting reproductive freedom and human rights.
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