A moving three-hander about a future that feels very close to being a reality. Can't believe this was written 2 years before Roe was overturned. Stout is a visionary storyteller.

QUICK a dystopian drama that minces no words or gestures towards the perils women face -- both today and possibly in the next few years -- when it comes to the right to govern their own bodies. The three characters find themselves faced with extraordinary circumstances to obtain access to their reproductive-yet-now-highly-illegal-rights in a dark future that echoes moments of the present. Even while threats of violence and criminalization hanging over them, the play's heart and soul is the trust and care women place in each other through the best and worst of circumstances. A beautiful, timely call to action.

The setting note at the opening of QUICK is "This play is set in an I-hope-not future." which is a beautiful encapsulation of the arc of the play to come. The conversations between the characters are simple and truthful. It's quietly suspenseful and the situation for each character in light our current political climate is confronting. The reality of this sort of future catches the breath; Stout does a beautiful job of exploring what female body autonomy means in an increasingly hostile world.