Ann and me

or The Big Bad Abortion Play

Teather - solo performance
Jessica Bashline

The Show

Jessica is a middle aged, middle income, mostly average white lady– who has had abortions. And those abortions led her to study the history of abortion in the United States– because she’s a bit of a nerd. And then she wrote a really big play about Ann Lohman– an Abortionist in the 1800’s and all around badass! And she thought that the abortion chapter of her life was closed, she was almost menopausal after all... But then came Dobbs. And Jessica realized that having written a play about the history of legal abortion in the United States made her an expert in a niche part of legal history that was all of a sudden
very important. Come along for the ride on this alternately harrowing and hilarious interactive experience!

CREDITS

Written and Performed by Jessica Bashline

Artistic Director – Margaret M. Ledford
Artistic residency at American Theatre Northwest & Syracuse Stage’s Cold Read Festival.

The artist

Jessica Basline (US) is an Assistant Professor of Theater at the University of Miami. She was the Artistic Director and co-founder of Strange Sun Theater. In addition she was the Consulting Artistic Director of the Sheen Center. Before that she served as the Artistic Director of Wingspan Arts, an arts education company in New York City.

Jessica works as a freelance theater director specializing in new play and musical development, her favorite credits include; Loving Repeating (NYC Premiere), Life of the Party (NYU-Premiere Production of Larry O’Keefe & Nell Benjamin’s new musical), at NYU Steinhardt Gypsy, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night, with Strange Sun Closer Than You Think (World Premiere), The Drowning Girls (NYC Premiere).
In addition to her work as a director and playwright, Jessica is an accomplished acting coach, focusing primarily on audition coaching and musical theater work. She also works with people in all professions to incorporate theater techniques into their daily lives, as a means of self-expression and empowerment.
Jessica has a BFA in Acting from Boston University and an MFA from Goddard College. Her practical focus has been on theater creation, primarily directing. Her research focuses on both feminist theater and progressive pedagogical approaches to teaching acting and directing; on both the university and high school levels.

Ann and me

or The Big Bad Abortion Play

Teather - solo performance Jessica Bashline

The Show

The artist

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Teather - solo performance
Jessica Bashline