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NEW YORK CITY --

'Words of Choice' performed on March 7, 2005 in A Benefit for Planned Parenthood of New York City at The Culture Project, 45 Bleeker Street, NYC. 

Featuring Heather Tom ('One Life to Live'), Bree Williamson ('One Life to Live'), Joel Vig ('Hairspray'), Sandra Parris (American Globe Theater, Vineyard), Steve Brady ('The Exonerated' Tour), Tasha Guevara ('Live from Downtown NY'), Claudia Schneider ('A Single Woman').  Directed by Peg Denithorne.

See PHOTOS:  http://home.earthlink.net/~wordsofchoice/id12.html

Email for further details mailto:wordsofchoice@mindspring.com

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PREVIOUS PERFORMANCES:

Two casts took reproductive rights to eight states in Fall 2004Each show was followed by a discussion with artists and activists. 

TOURING THOUGHTS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF CHOICE, see On the Road with Choice

Performances in:  Minneapolis (Sept 15-26 2004); Florida (Oct. 18-24 2004); Illinois (Oct. 9-10 2004); Mass. (Oct.1 2004); Maryland (Oct.13 2004); Minnesota (Sept. 15-26 2004); Missouri (Oct.14-18 2004); New Jersey (Oct. 11-18 2004), Wisconsin (Oct. 8-12 2004)!   Announcements

Cast Photos: 

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FLORIDA:
*Coral Gables at GableStage.  See our Kick Off Ad in the MIAMI HERALD here: http://home.earthlink.net/~wordsofchoice/id11.html
*Tallahassee: at The Progressive Center sponsored by Tallahasse NOW as a Benefit for Tallahassee Funding Abortions NOW. 
*Gainesville at Across Town Rep Theater; following the performance, guest SALLY BLACKMUN, daughter of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun, author of Roe v. Wade, joined in a discussion with the audience.  
*Orlando at Mad Cow Theater in a Benefit for Planned Parenthood of Greater Orlando; Special Guest: Sally Blackmun, daughter of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun (author of Roe v. Wade) and Chair of the Board of PPGO, joined in a discussion following the performance.
 
ILLINOIS: Chicago
Chicago: Las Manos Gallery in Andersonville, with two Special Benefits, one for CHICAGO NOW and a second for PLANNED PARENTHOOD-CHICAGO.
 
MARYLAND: Hagerstown
Hagerstown: at The Women's Club, sponsored by NOW Washington County. 
 
MINNESOTA: Minneapolis
Minneapolis: Old Arizona Studios http://www.oldarizona.com/
 
MISSOURI:
Sponsored by the Missouri Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice [MORCRC];  http://www.morcrc.org.
*Kansas City at All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church. 
*Springfield at Southwest Missouri State University.
*St. Louis at First Congregational Church of Webster Groves.
*Columbia at University of Missouri.
 
NEW JERSEY:
*Mercer County Community College, West Windsor Campus, near Princeton NJ, sponsored by NARAL Pro-Choice NEW JERSEY.
*Morristown, cosponsored by the National Council of Jewish Women, West Morris County, NOW-NJ, and others, at the Presbyterian Parish House.
*Jersey Hills, sponsored by National Council of Jewish Women-Jersey Hills Section, at Temple Beth Shalom.
*Rutgers University, New Brunswick, at the Women's Center, Douglass College, co-sponosred by Women's Defense Coalition, Women's Studies Department, Radigals NB.
*Teaneck at Puffin Cultural Forum, co-sponsored by Planned Parenthood of Northern New Jersey and the ACLU-NJ 
 
WISCONSIN: Madison and Milwaukee
*Madison at Electric Earth Cafe, and at the Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center.   
*Milwaukee: in collaboration with Theatre X at the Broadway Theater Center, Studio Theater
 
Also ...!
MASSACHUSETTS: Special excerpts in Provincetown, and a discussion about women, theater and politics with Suzanne Bennett, director. 

TOUR POSTER Fall 2004:click here to download file

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Other Places We've Been:
 
New York City: Stand Up for Choice! featuring Kathleen Turner, Beacon Theater, Benefit for Planned Parenthood Federation of America
 
NYC:  Princeton Club: A stellar cast of Randy Danson ('Wonderful Town'), Matthew Maguire (Obie winner), Trish McCall ('Waitin' 2 End Hell'), Joel Vig ('Hairspray'), with Jennifer Baumgardner (author, 'ManifestA!), and special guest Sally Blackmun and a book-singing by Gloria Feldt, raised funds for a Go-VOTE tour of 'Words of Choice.'  Tour Launch Event

Washington, DC, Offices of the March for Women's Lives sponsored by Virginia NOW

George Washington University sponsored by Virginia NOW with Voices for Choices, Feminist Majority, Leadership Alliance, Medical Students for Choice, GWU March for Women's Lives, GW Student Global AIDS Campaign. See GW newspaper: Articles

Union Theological Seminary, NYC: Sponsored by Persist, the feminist student caucus.

University of Richmond sponsored by Virginia NOW with Law Students for Choice, American Constitution Society

University of Virginia sponsored by Virginia NOW with Charlottesville NOW, National Organization for Women at UVA

Cleveland: Presented by Queen Bee Productions, sponsored by Planned Parenthood of Greater Cleveland, Preterm, and the March for Women's Lives Cleveland Coalition

First Unitarian Church of Youngstown, OH Sponsored by Planned Parenthood of Mahoning Valley, Inc. and the Youngstown Coalition for the March to Save Women's Lives through Queen Bee Productions

University of Cincinnati sponsored by Planned Parenthood of Cincinnati and the Women's Studies Department, Through Queen Bee Productions

Randolph Macon Woman's College sponsored by Virginia NOW with Lynchburg NOW, Randolph Macon Woman's College NOW.

Hampton University Sponsored by Virginia NOW with Tidewater NOW

Arlington Unitarian Universalist Church sponsored by Virginia NOW with the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, the Social Action Council of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington

New York: Ensemble Studio Theatre, Octoberfest
 
Cambridge/Boston MA: Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts Annual Meeting
 
New YorkHERE Arts Center, Planned Parenthood of New York City Benefit
 
Chicago: National Abortion Federation 25th Annual Conference, Final Plenary
 
University of Akron: Presented by Queen Bee Productions in conjunction with the Planned Parenthood of Summt, Medina and Portage Counties, Akron Colaition for March for Women's Lives, Akron chapter of the National Organization for Women, NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio, YWCA of Summit County. More articles
 
Kent State University: Queen Bee Productions, with Planned Parenthood of Summit, Medina, Portage, Akron Coalition for the March for Women's Lives,Akron chapter of the National Organization for Women, NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio, YWCA of Summit County.
 
Akron Unitarian Universalist Church: Queen Bee Productions, with Planned Parenthood of Summit, Medina, Portage, Akron Chapter of the National Organization for Women, NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio, YWCA of Summit County, Unitarian Universalist Church.
 
New York: Ceres Gallery, Celebrate Choice Sponsored by the Center for Reproductive Rights

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