'The Billboard looks at abortion rights from the perspective of Black feminists.' | Kelly Kleiman
, now in a world premiere with 16th Street Theater, is subtitled “A Play About Abortion.” In the spirit of Chicago improv, allow me to say: Yes, and.near the [fictional] Black Women’s Health Initiative clinic in Englewood with a photo of a Black baby and the legend “Abortion is Genocide.” This puts clinic director Dr.
Sure, we know that founder Margaret Sanger held racist eugenicist views, but compared to the good she did . . . and besides, that was a long time ago. With this many themes operating, it’s no wonder the play is constructed as a series of debates between Tanya and everyone around her. But that structure interferes with the show’s momentum, pulling our attention off Tanya’s development from mission-driven leader through publicity-besotted symbol to chastened player of a political game in which she and the clinic are pawns. Her arc is the one we care about; she’s the one we’re rooting for.
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