Roe lisa loomer scriptures

The Kennedy Center&#;s entry in the Women&#;s Voices Theater Festival was a one-night-only reading of Roe, a new two-act play by Lisa Loomer that dramatically personalizes pivotal chapters in the backstory of the Supreme Court&#;s Roe v.

Wade decision. The issues around abortion that were passionately contested in that case—and became a flashpoint for deep political divisions in America—have become even more explosive today.

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With anti-abortion legislators prepared to shut down the government in order to defund Planned Parenthood—the entire organization, not just the abortion services it provides with private funding—a playwright&#;s skillful, balanced, and clear-eyed take on the real-life run-up to Roe v.

Wade could not be more timely.

The parentage of Roe the play is impressive. Last night&#;s reading was planned by The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival and The Kennedy Center Kenan Fellowship Program in association with the Oregon Shakespeare Fe