Mitigating Damages

by Marilynn Barner Anselmi

JULIE works as a court appointed lawyer for pregnant girls under 18 who want to obtain abortions without parental consent. JULIE and her paralegal, RHONDA, take on the cases of ENAYA (a Palestinian/American) and TANEESHA (an African/American) who both live with strict families opposed to abortion. JULIE is undergoing painful fertility treatments and RHONDA fights to conceal her own abuse trauma. Mitigating...

JULIE works as a court appointed lawyer for pregnant girls under 18 who want to obtain abortions without parental consent. JULIE and her paralegal, RHONDA, take on the cases of ENAYA (a Palestinian/American) and TANEESHA (an African/American) who both live with strict families opposed to abortion. JULIE is undergoing painful fertility treatments and RHONDA fights to conceal her own abuse trauma. Mitigating Damages follows these four women and how they form an unconventional web of support through some of the most difficult times of their lives.

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Mitigating Damages

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  • Playwrights Foundation: Mitigating Damages by Marilynn Barner Anselmi
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    Playwrights Foundation enthusiastically recommends this play MITIGATING DAMAGES, as a Semi-Finalist for the Bay Area Playwrights Festival 2020. We were moved by the quality of the writing and the relevant and compelling themes that spoke to the mission of our festival. It excelled in a competitive process of 735 plays submitted this year and rose to the top after a six month long process discussing its merits with both national and local Bay Area readers, and we hope it moves swiftly towards production.

    Playwrights Foundation enthusiastically recommends this play MITIGATING DAMAGES, as a Semi-Finalist for the Bay Area Playwrights Festival 2020. We were moved by the quality of the writing and the relevant and compelling themes that spoke to the mission of our festival. It excelled in a competitive process of 735 plays submitted this year and rose to the top after a six month long process discussing its merits with both national and local Bay Area readers, and we hope it moves swiftly towards production.

    ”

Development History

  • Reading, Castillo Theatre, NYC, 2019
  • Reading, Women's Theatre Festival, Raleigh, NC, 2018
  • Reading, Script2Stage2Screen, Rancho Mirage, CA, 2018

Awards

  • International Thomas Wolfe Playwriting Competition
    Playmakers Repertory Company
    Semi-Finalist
    2020
  • Best Production of Staged Reading
    Desert Theatre Association
    Winner
    2018
  • MarioFratti-Fred Newman Political Play Series
    Castillo Theatre
    Winner
    2019