QUICK

by Callan Stout

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Set a generation in the future, QUICK follows three women traveling to Canada to get abortions that are illegal in the USA. It’s about the lengths people will go to have a better future and the damage done when women don’t have the right of bodily autonomy and self-determination.

***please reach out to use this play royalty free for pro-choice actions or fundraisers. I...

***looking for further development***

Set a generation in the future, QUICK follows three women traveling to Canada to get abortions that are illegal in the USA. It’s about the lengths people will go to have a better future and the damage done when women don’t have the right of bodily autonomy and self-determination.

***please reach out to use this play royalty free for pro-choice actions or fundraisers. I will also make myself available at your request. ***

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  • Shaun Leisher: QUICK

    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.

    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.

  • Iyana Colby: QUICK

    Read in book club! Here's what we discussed:
    A beautiful and excellent concept, peeking into a dystopian future not too far from our own dystopia, but the play itself reads with the same White Feminism that Hand Maiden's Tale.
    Though the author leaves a note requesting diversity, all 3 characters are written with the voice of white women.
    Who is this play for? The spoon-feeding feels like it's for someone's bigoted uncle, but the play itself draws womanist and activist, but there is nothing being said. No nuance. Plot is mostly implied :( I wish the show well though

    Read in book club! Here's what we discussed:
    A beautiful and excellent concept, peeking into a dystopian future not too far from our own dystopia, but the play itself reads with the same White Feminism that Hand Maiden's Tale.
    Though the author leaves a note requesting diversity, all 3 characters are written with the voice of white women.
    Who is this play for? The spoon-feeding feels like it's for someone's bigoted uncle, but the play itself draws womanist and activist, but there is nothing being said. No nuance. Plot is mostly implied :( I wish the show well though

  • Jake Arky: QUICK

    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...

    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.

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Character Information

Cast diversely. Diversely with an awareness of how the specific ethnicity/race/ethnic background/genetic lineage changes the power dynamics between the three women, due to the historic oppression of various groups of people by others.
  • Ali
    Trying to transfer from community college to a good four-year school, anxious about her future, but excited about it too.
    Character Age
    20
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    Female
  • Caitlin
    a mother, calm, settled, perhaps a little broken, trying to take care of business and put this behind her.
    Character Age
    about 30
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    Female
  • Liz
    a mother, a sherpa, lonely and driven, perhaps she's making up for a previous inaction.
    Character Age
    50's
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    Female