Monologues from Jane featured in "Without a Choice" at Bughouse Theatre


Monologues based on interviews with two Jane members. Produced by Leah Huskey of the Connective Theatre in Chicago April 28 and 30 and May 1. Directed by Margo Smith. Also shown with scenes from Rachel Lynett, Rachel Bublitz and Michelle Carter. Evening benefits Texas abortion fund and each performance is followed by panels with latest activist info and strategy.

New journal article studies Jane as activist tool in classroom across generations

Theater professor Annika Speer of UC-Riverside, has studied the play’s use as an activist tool across generations for more than a decade. And most recently for a postmillenial production at Middlebury College in 2020, just before the pandemic. She writes:

Although the Sisyphean fight for reproductive rights can feel futile or stagnant, one reason I have spent so much time with Jane is because I have seen the epistemological and activist potential the script offers for students’ learning. …(It) can contribute to students’ feminist studies learning and deepen their understanding of reproductive justice.

Cynthia Nixon headlining NYC celebrity 'Jane' reading Sept 24!

The play will have its NYC premiere Sept 24 at 7 PM at Rattlestick Theater, benefiting A is For, which battles abortion stigma, founded by Kellie Overbey and Martha Plimpton. A new press release is coming out shortly with updated cast, but for now see this Broadway World link.

'Jane' readings for fall in Madison and at Northwestern University & likely NYC

September 18, 2019, by Kathy Rasmussen Women's Theatre (KRASS), in Madison, Wisconsin. In cooperation with Planned Parenthood.

Details to come about reading by Lipstick feminist student theater company at Northwestern.

More info to come re Sept 24 reading in NYC.

Video of CHICAGO 'Jane' reading now on YouTube

YouTube link here:

From July 26, 2017, Pride Films and Plays, Chicago

Directed by Iris Sowlat

Cast:

Whitney Pipes    as    Crystal,    Rose,    and    Caller    4
Anna Wolfe    as    Sunny    and    Jane    4   
Chloe Bluml as Judith, Jane 5, and Caller 1
Khloe Janel    as    Micki,    Jane    1,    and    Radical Woman 1
Amber Snyder    as    Heather    and    Protester    1   
Erin Caswell as Jane 3, Nancy, Patient, and Protester 3
Shannon Leigh Webber as Jody and Caller 2
Kaitlin Stewart as Ruth, Caller 3, and Playwright
Zach Hebert as Reverend, Dr. C, Doctor, Lawyer, and Radical Man
Lyla Whedbee    as    Lorry,    Jane    2,    and    Radical    Woman    2   
Caitlin McManus as Protester 2, Patient, Medical Supplier, and Investigator

 

Recorded by Laurie Little of the Chicago Women's History Center