The Clinic Reading Series

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$11,532 RAISED TO DATE!

A grassroots fundraising initiative to generate conversation and donations for independent clinics and abortion funds to protect reproductive freedom through art.

Facebook Call to Arms

The Clinic is currently available for free for readings, house parties, gatherings to raise money for abortion funds and clinics. All you need are some tablets, a group of friends willing to donate to Yellowhammer Fund, ACLU, the Center for Reproductive Rights or clinics in need and a place to read. Anyone can host a party. All I ask is you let me know you’re doing it and later how much money you raised for reproductive rights using The Clinic Reading Tracker below.

I would love to see parties in living rooms, community centers, backyards, Hadassah chapter meetings, with male allies, or in college dorms. ANYWHERE from Washington to Maine and everywhere in between. So far over 50 women and organizations have contacted me to plan readings in their local communities. Let’s get a reading fundraiser in every state and every major city! The money you raise can help fight the current war on women’s bodily autonomy.

Access the original Facebook Post here: http://bit.ly/TheClinicPlay

Past Readings

5/24/19 - NASHVILLE

The Barbershop Theater

4003 Indiana Ave, Nashville, Tennessee 37209

Nashville, Tennessee

7:30pm CDT

Hosted by Verge Theater Company and The Barbershop Theater, DIRECTED BY TESSA BRYANT.

All proceeds collected at the door will go to SisterSong and A Step Ahead. Cash, check, and card. If you can’t come you can still donate here https://www.sistersong.net/ and here https://www.astepaheadmiddletn.org/

RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/291276601822830/


5/31/19 - KANSAS CITY

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The Black Box

1060 Union Ave

Kansas City, Missouri 64101

7 PM – 10 PM CDT

PRESENTED BY JEN APPELL & Fishtank Theatre

DIRECTED BY HEIDI VAN

Featuring: Margaret Shelby, Athena Horton, Brianna Woods, Marilyn Lynch, Kathleen Warfel, Katie Gilchrist, Bradley J Thomas,
Beckey Rooney, Ana Marcela Maldonado Morales, Sarah Montoya, Missy Fennewald

ALL PROCEEDS WILL BE DONATED TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD GREAT PLAINS

BUY TICKETS HERE: Tickets or Fish Tank Theatre or call 816-809-7110

FACEBOOK EVENT: https://www.facebook.com/events/817474105305393/


6/2/19 - ST. LOUIS

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The Monocle

4510 Manchester Ave

St. Louis, MO 63110

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ALL PROCEEDS WILL BE DONATED WILL SUPPORT Gateway Women's Access Fund, an organization that provides financial assistance to MISSOURI RESIDENTS WHO Cannot afford the full price of abortion care. For more information visit:
https://www.gwaf.org/

RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/436042897184939/


6/10/19 - CINCINNATI

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Lincoln Grant Auditorium
824 Greenup Street
Covington, KY

7:30PM EDT

Hosted by Mary, Mary

A staged reading to raise funds for The Yellowhammer Fund and Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio!

Featuring: Shelby Becker, K Rae Buchanan, Liz Carman, Lauren Carr, Carolyn Fast, Nicole A. Hershey, Kearston Hawkins-Johnson, Jennifer Joplin, Elizabeth Molloy, Robyn Novak, Alexx Rouse, Ariel Mary Ann, and Tia Seay.  

RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/300115710903771/


7/9/19 - PROVIDENCE, RI

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The Wilbury Theatre Group
40 Sonoma Court
Providence, Rhode Island 02909

Doors open at 6:30pm, the reading begins at 7pm.

Hosted by Becky Gibel and Jessie Darrell Jarbadan

Tickets are $10, with all proceeds benefitting Planned Parenthood, The Womxn Project, and Women’s Health and Education Fund.

cash bar, guest speakers, an all-star cast, and a facilitated talk-back after the show to specify our next steps as activists, noW that abortion is protected by RI state law.

Tickets are available online at www.wilburygroup.org, or at the door.

RSVP on FACEBOOK


7/15/19 - ATLANTA, GA

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SYNCHRONICITY THEATRE
1545 Peachtree St NW #102
Atlanta, GA 30309

8:00pm EDT

Directed By ELizabeth Jarrett & IBI owolabi

TICKETS: $10+ suggested donation. Cash or check accepted at the door OR donations can be made online: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/hb481georgia

ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTED: ActBlue- which will evenly distribute funds to these Georgia-based organizations: Access Reproductive Care-Southeast, Inc., ACLU of Georgia, Feminist Women's Health Center - Atlanta, National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum (NAPAWF), NARAL Pro-Choice Georgia, Planned Parenthood Southeast Advocates, SisterLove, Inc, SisterSong, Spark Reproductive Justice Now, URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity, and Women Engaged

RSVP: FACEBOOK


7/15/19 - LOS ANGELES, CA

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THE BROADWATER
1076 Lillian Way
Los Angeles, CA 90038

7:30PM PDT (Doors @6:30 pm)

Produced by Jessica Winward & Robert Paterno

Directed by Carly Weckstein, Asst. Directed by Carissa Pinckney

Cast: A'Raelle Flynn Bolden, Melissa Denton^, Tiwana Floyd^, Marian Gonzalez, Mary Ellen Moreno^, Celia Rivera, Debba Rofert, Barb Rossmeisl*^, Jennifer Soo^ and more TBA!

(* Member of Actors' Equity Association, ^ Member of SAG AFTRA)

A staged reading to raise funds for ACLU & WRRAP (Women's Reproductive Rights Assistance Project)

Also featuring a silent auction and live music from Northern Strangers! http://northernstrangers.com

TICKETS & DONATIONS: https://tinyurl.com/clinicfundraiserla

RSVP: FACEBOOK


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7/23/19 - NEW YORK CITY

529 5th Ave - Entrance on 44th St., 4th Floor
NEW YORK, NY 10017

7:30PM EDT

PRODUCED BY BUSINESS CASUAL PRODUCTIONS & Theresa Buchheister, DIRECTED BY DORA NAUGHTON

FEATURING: Dora Naughton, Connie Shi, Katha Cato, Theresa Buchheister, Lauren Stanford, Scott T. Hinson, Mya Elzy, Rachel-Ann Giambrone, Kelli-Ann Paterwic, Cristina Pitter, José Rivera Jr.

A staged reading to raise funds for TRUST WOMEN & GATEWAY WOMEN’S ACCESS FUND

RSVP & TICKET REQUIRED: BUY HERE


7/29/19 - SEATTLE

A DRAMATIC reading PRESENTED BY COPIOUS LOVE PRODUCTIONS OF THE CLINIC
to raise funds for PLANNED PARENTHOOD


Copious
2220 Northwest Market Street
Seattle, WA 98107
7:30 PM PDT
FACEBOOK INVITE: HERE

Advance Tickets: HERE


8/17/19 - HARLEM

PRESENTED BY SARAH SHEAR
8 PM – 11 PM

The Chipped Cup

3610 Broadway, New York, New York 10031

Doors open @ 8pm . If you'd like to attend the event, please contact sarahjshear@gmail.com to reserve a seat. If you're unable to make the event on August 17th please consider donating to our Go Fund Me for The Center for Reproductive Rights

DONATE: GOFUNDME

RSVP: Facebook


9/22/19 - New York, NY

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Hosted by Primary Stages ESPA

DETENTION #48: OUR BODIES, OUR CHOICE & THE CLINIC by Will Brumley
Sunday, September 22 at 2:30pm (doors open at 2pm)
The Cutting Room - 44 East 32nd Street (btw Park and Madison)

RSVP: https://espadetention-theclinic.eventbrite.com

Detention is an evening of new and original theater pieces written, directed, and performed exclusively by ESPA artists. ESPA artists have come together to create work in response to what is currently happening in our country surrounding reproductive rights and body autonomy, which will be followed by a presentation of THE CLINIC. Written by Will Brumley and directed by Mêlisa Annis.

All proceeds will go to Planned Parenthood to help combat the Title X gag rule.

*Can't attend but would still like to donate? Click here: https://www.crowdrise.com/o/en/campaign/primary-stages-espa-reading-the-clinic

RSVP: HERE


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9/25/19 - LAWRENCE, KS

THE CIDER GALLERY

810 Pennsylvania St, Lawrence, KS 66044

6:30pm

SUPPORTING THE KANSAS ABORTION FUND. DIRECTED BY WILL AVERILL.

RSVP: HERE


10/5/19 & 10/6/19 - SPRINGFIELD, MO

Missouri State University

Credo Arts Center

411 N Sherman Pkwy, Springfield, MO 65802

Hosted by Tabula Rasa: A Collaborative, Student-Run, Theatre Production Company

Directed by Lauren McDowell

Saturday, 10/5 at 7:30pm & Sunday, 10/6 at 2:30pm

RSVP: HERE

Donate: HERE


11/8/19 - Boston, MA

RareWorks Theatre Company

At EMERSON COLLEGE

ThE Bill Bordy Theatre

7:30pm

216 Tremont Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116

Directed by Madison Goldberg

All proceeds will go to Health Quarters MA

TICKETS: https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLSfYniahyM7hhsoqkT…/viewform

RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/2048798818556247/


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1/30 - 2/2/20 - CHAPEL HILL, NC

“AN ARMY OF VOICES”

PRESENTED BY COMPANY CAROLINA, UNC STUDENT THEATRE

Swain Hall 104

101 E Cameron Ave
Chapel Hill, NC 27514 

Thursday (1/30) 7pm "Pay What You Can" night for Army of Voices (Monologues only) ---All Proceeds go to Orange County Rape Crisis Center

Friday (1/31) 7pm "Pay What You Can" night for The Clinic --- All proceeds go to the North Carolina branch of Planned Parenthood

Saturday (2/1) 3pm An Army of Voices (Monologues only) and 7pm The Clinic

Sunday (2/2) 3pm The Clinic and 7pm An Army of Voices (Monologues only) 


2/13/20 - CHICAGO

Half Acre Brewery

2050 W. Balmoral Avenue, Chicago, IL 60625

6:30PM CT

PRODUCED by TRANSGRESSIVE OPERA-THEATRE and ACTING OUT

For the first time in our history, Transgressive Theatre-Opera will tell a story that, while operatic in scope, sings only from the heart. This is NOT an opera. This is a new play. A story for RIGHT now.

Some of Chicago’s finest actors will be reading for us on February 13, including Mary Anne Bowman, KC Karen Hill, Julie Paradise, Joyce Porter, Baker Simmons, Cassie Middlemist, and Wm. Bullion.

TT-O’s Producing Artistic Director Aaron Hunt directs, and Caroline Shaul, Acting Out’s Executive Director and Board President, Assistant Directs.

Tickets for The Clinic Benefit may be purchased here

There is a tiered scale for those who would like to make an additional donation while purchasing their ticket. This list is on a PER TICKET-basis:

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez – General Admission for Students and Industry $20
Brittany Mostiller – General Admission $30
Gloria Steinem – General Admission + Donation $50
Cecil Richards – Preferred Seating + Donation $100 (receives 1 free raffle ticket)
Faye Wattleton – Preferred Seating + Donation $150 (receives poster w/cast signatures + 2 free raffle tickets)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg – STAGE SIDE SEATING $200 (receives poster w/cast signatures + 1 guaranteed question at the Talk Back +3 raffle tickets)

If you cannot attend, you can donate directly to TT-O's PayPal account via the button on our website. Please include a notation that the monies are for The Clinic Benefit, and they will not flow into the general budget.

Please direct press inquiries to Aaron Hunt at aaronhunt.actor@gmail.com