The image of Medusa, which has been used to intimidate, terrorize, and warn women against “seducing” powerful men, is being reinvigorated in contemporary art and culture as a point of pride for survivors. Many survivors are taking to tattooing or otherwise adopting the image of an empowered Medusa on their bodies: “By reclaiming the Medusa identity, they are dispelling the belief that being victimized means they ought to be cursed or punished”
Over the last year, we’ve had the joy of working with playwright Robin Berl to develop her play Dua: The Monster’s Story as part of our Pitch Your Passion project. But what does developing a play entail, exactly? How does it go from an idea in the playwright’s head to a fully produced play? Read on for a peek behind the curtain of our process on this show, and to learn where it’s headed next!
Programming Associate Abigail Chase writes about depictions of Medusa in films of the last century. She looks at what filmmakers get right, and wrong, about the original myth, and asks who the depictions serves.
Take a moment to read and prepare for a new version of Medusa you’ve never seen before…
As a part of our exploration of reproductive justice in America that coincided with our production of Abortion Road Trip, we created a form for readers to submit anonymous stories about their experiences. This post is a collection of these first-person perspectives.
Thirty seven states in the USA do not require students to study math.
In North Dakota, there is only one in-state facility that provides cancer treatment.
Because men are on average taller than women, some believe that they should pay more for healthcare.
Imagine how ridiculous it would be if any one of the above statements were true. Now imagine that they were all true, and had serious ramifications on the health, wealth, and happiness of our entire nation.
Welcome to reproductive health in America.
"It’s so interesting to watch how women can attack this work that has been written by and for men. If men knew how women thought and if women knew how men thought, this would be boring. But because we don’t understand each other completely, we bring a complex energy to the work, to the text, and that adds an extra layer of brilliance to the show."
"If you're going to make your own piece of art, you can't keep everything. It's a bit like a quilt: the pieces come from all three contexts, but you're not making three quilts, you're trying to make one...our goal was always how to use these things in the service of a production that is as alive and as meaningful as possible, to us, right now."
