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'WORDS OF CHOICE' TAKES PRO-CHOICE THEATER TO KANSAS, MISSOURI
Press contact: C.Cooper - wordsofchoice@mindspring.com
For release on: Aug 19, 2005
Contact: C.Cooper 212-560-2616
Smart, Funny, Endangered …
"WORDS OF CHOICE" PUTS RIGHTS ON STAGE In KANSAS, MISSOURI IN SEPTEMBER AS NATION LOOKS AT ROE V WADE
'Words of Choice,' a dynamic play about reproductive freedom, is heading to Kansas and Missouri in September to generate discussions about women’s rights.
With Roe v. Wade hanging in the balance and hearings on John Roberts’ nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court pending, 'Words of Choice' is focusing attention on the affect of the right to privacy on real lives.
The play, which weaves together comic and serious stories by 15 writers, will be performed in St. Louis, Lawrence, Kansas State University and other sites. Created by Cindy Cooper of New York, it is directed by Joan Lipkin, artistic director of That Uppity Theater Company in St. Louis.
"I wanted to break open the conversation on reproductive rights. The right to privacy is very much on the minds of people today. This is an opportunity to reflect about what it really means," said Cooper. Words of Choice is touring to Kansas in a time period in which the state attorney general has subpoenaed the records of women from two abortion clinics. In Missouri, the governor is convening a special legislative session to pass anti-abortion legislation.
The true-to-life stories in 'Words of Choice' touch upon hot-button topics such as emergency contraception, sexual assault, unintended pregnancy, abstinence education, fetal anomalies, safe and legal abortion.
Performances dates: September 14 in St. Louis with Naral Pro-Choice Missouri; September 16 in Lawrence with Kansas NOW; September 19 in Manhattan KS at Kansas State University with Manhattan NOW. All performances are 7 p.m. and are followed by discussions with experts. (See website for details.)
In the acting ensemble for the Kansas and Missouri performances are Thomasina Clarke, Jacqueline Masei, Kimberly Mason. Words of Choice has been performed in over two dozen cities, with participation by celebrity actors Kathleen Turner, Heather Tom and Bree Williamson of One Life to Live.
Writers included in 'Words of Choice' are Angela Bonavoglia, Kathy Najimy, Michael David Quinn, Judith Arcana, Emily Lyons, Emilie Townes, Sherica White, Kathleen Tolan, and Justice Harry Blackmun.
More information: www.wordsofchoice.org
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