1973
Née “Spare Rib”
ABOUT
A lot of plays about abortion aren’t that funny. Neither is this one. Just kidding, it is funny! Until it isn’t. Then it is again! But then it’s scary. Then it’s funny again! Then it’s chilling. Then it’s funny again. This would be a big hit in the Yo-Yo community.
Imagine if Caryl Churchill, María Irene Fornés, and Judy Chicago birthed a play about women fucking up the patriarchy? That would be awesome. They didn’t, but don’t worry, I did.
Relentless Award Honorable Mention 2016
DEVELOPMENT
Lark, Civilians R&D, Blue Mountain Center, New George’s Audrey Residency and Piece by Piece Productions
Benefit Reading Actors
Pascale Armand, Kate Arrington, Purva Bedi, Becca Blackwell, Nadia Bowers, Kathleen Chalfant, Fala Chen, Cindy Cheung, Viva DeConcini, Eisa Davis, Emily Connell Davis, Kelli Giddish, Paige Gilbert, Kathryn Grody, Rebecca Hart, Lily Santiago-Hudson, Susan Hyon, Marin Ireland, Zainab Jah, Jocelyn Kuritsky, Jo Lampert, Willow Lautenberg, Rachel Lin, Vella Lovell, Taylor Mac, Erin Markey, Elizabeth Marvel, Ellen McLaughlin, Keira Naughton, Mozhan Navabi, Deirdre O’Connell, Diana/Zaza Oh, Dael Orlandersmith, Kellie Overbey, Tanis Parenteau, Maryann Plunkett, Emma Ramos, Kadijah Raquel, Brett Reidy, Kate Rigg, Socorro Santiago, Jeanine Seralles, Heidi Schrek, Rona Siddiqui, Shona Tucker, Pernell Walker, Stephanie Weeks, Zoe Winters, Jeena Yi, Amelia Zirin-Brown
Directors
Jo Bonney, Adrienne Campbell-Holt, Mikhael Tara Garver, Jessi Hill, Alex Keegan, Mia Walker
Support For 1973:
The NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music and Theatre by the City of New York Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment in association with The New York Foundation for the Arts, New Georges, The Civilians, New York Theater Workshop, The Public Theater, Signature Theater, NY Rep, The Society for Ethical Culture, Judson Memorial Church, The Center, winter miller’s community theater, Producer Hub
Beneficiaries:
Keep Our Clinics, WRRAP, the Women’s Reproductive Rights Assistance Project. Red River Women's Clinic, Trust Women, National Network of Abortion Funds, Feminist Center for Reproductive Liberation