JANE BENEFIT for abortion access in Midwest on August 6 in Chicago

Presented by a great group of young women volunteering time and talents. At 6 PM, Saturday, August 6 at The Coach House Theater, Berger Park, 6205 N. Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL 60660

Doors open at 6. Presented by Violet Suprise Theatre Company, directed by Iris Sowlat. Co-produced by Chloe Gracias. More info from Broadway World blurb here.

To benefit Midwest Action Coalition. Rep from MAC will be on panel afterward.

More info and tix here

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.