The Billboard, a play about abortion.

Moore’s play follows a fictional Black women’s clinic in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood and their fight with a local gadfly running for City Council who puts up a provocative billboard: “Abortion is genocide. The most dangerous place for a Black child is his mother’s womb,” spurring on the clinic to fight back with their own provocative sign, which says “Black women have the right to make decisions for their...

Moore’s play follows a fictional Black women’s clinic in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood and their fight with a local gadfly running for City Council who puts up a provocative billboard: “Abortion is genocide. The most dangerous place for a Black child is his mother’s womb,” spurring on the clinic to fight back with their own provocative sign, which says “Black women have the right to make decisions for their families
and their bodies. Abortion is self-care. #TrustBlackWomen.”

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The Billboard, a play about abortion.

Production History

  • Type Professional, Organization 16th Street Theater, Year 2022

Awards

  • Best New Work, short run
    Jeff Award
    2022