VOICES FROM THE SILENCED
Imagine having to get an illegal abortion?
Most of us have never had to consider this absurdity. But women in their 70’ and 80’s had to do just that before the passage of Roe V. Wade.
SHOW INFO
Date | Mon, Oct 21, 2024
Time | 7pm
Theater | Peter Jay Sharp Theatre
The 90-minute evening stars: Kathleen Chalfant, Jane Curtin, Tyne Daly, Sharon Gless, Amy Irving, Christine Lahti, Kecia Lewis-Evans, Marsha Mason and Rachel Ticotin*
The performance will be followed by a discussion with experts currently dealing with the legal and medical battles surrounding reproductive rights.
All proceeds from ticket sales benefit the Center for Reproductive Rights and the Abortion Coalition for Telemedicine (the ACT Group).
Tax-deductible donations in support of this events and the beneficiaries can be made at www.Givebutter.com/VoicesfromtheSilenced
THE STORY
Voices from the Silenced offers a deeply human portrayal of women who faced the dangers of illegal abortions and societal stigma in the era before 1973. Playwright/activists Martha Boesing and Victoria Rue shaped their one-act play around the powerful testimonies of women who had abortions before Roe v Wade and created a powerful inspiring call to action in the ongoing fight for reproductive rights.
