Feministing.com on 'Jane' play offer to activists

http://feministing.com/2017/12/12/pregnant-dont-want-to-be-call-jane/

"Kamen offers the play free of charge to student and other groups interested in performing it for activist events. She writes, 'The play offers inspiration about feminist resistance and the power of women organizing, but also warns about the harsh realities of illegal abortion, even in the most ideal DIY circumstances.'"

'Jane' play now with National New Play Network

For more info on the play, its production and publication history and, a new testimonial about activist potential, go to the NPX website

Also feel free to email me at paulakamen[at]gmail.com about more info or obtaining a sample copy.

The play, based on original interviews with women who ran and used this legendary underground abortion service, is available as a full-length play and then in shorter student-adapted versions. It is available for no charge to theaters and student groups planning pro-choice fundraisers, especially for #togetherourabortion and #shoutyourabortion events. And especially for January events marking Roe v. Wade in the US and the Morgentaler decision in Canada.

'Jane' play featured in special 'Roe v Wade' issue of feminist journal

Annika Spear, who was a co-director with the 2011 production of the play at the University of California Santa Barbara, writes in the new issue of Frontiers how the play shakes theatrical conventions by actually dramatizing an abortion on the stage, and by tweaking the “documentary play” format. A goal now for 2014 is to finally get this play published, after dozens of staged readings and productions, often by student groups who groove on the many roles for young women and the resonance of this story of underground abortion today.