Berth Breach/Breech Birth

by Inda Craig-Galván

NEW! FULL-LENGTH - In a modern-day Black farming community, a big-animal veterinarian makes a house call on a pregnant mare. During the ultrasound, she discovers an entire ship filled with enslaved people inside the horse’s uterus. And one enslaved man sees her, too. Is she imagining it all? Can she get them out? And if she does, what happens to them then?

NEW! FULL-LENGTH - In a modern-day Black farming community, a big-animal veterinarian makes a house call on a pregnant mare. During the ultrasound, she discovers an entire ship filled with enslaved people inside the horse’s uterus. And one enslaved man sees her, too. Is she imagining it all? Can she get them out? And if she does, what happens to them then?

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  • Cheryl Bear: Berth Breach/Breech Birth by Inda Craig-Galván
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    A powerful search for answers and understanding of the past while holding on to dreams and hopes for the future. Moving and well done.

    A powerful search for answers and understanding of the past while holding on to dreams and hopes for the future. Moving and well done.

    ”
  • Abbey Fenbert: Berth Breach/Breech Birth by Inda Craig-Galván
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    I mean, you had me at "entire ship inside the horse's uterus." The premise of this play is immediately riveting, and Craig-Galvan grounds the surreal, mystical events of the story in characters and a community that feel lived-in and fully formed. Viewers will find themselves, like the protagonist, seeking answers, daring to chase wild hopes, and longing to make sense of the past. A bold, imaginative, affecting piece.

    I mean, you had me at "entire ship inside the horse's uterus." The premise of this play is immediately riveting, and Craig-Galvan grounds the surreal, mystical events of the story in characters and a community that feel lived-in and fully formed. Viewers will find themselves, like the protagonist, seeking answers, daring to chase wild hopes, and longing to make sense of the past. A bold, imaginative, affecting piece.

    ”
ASHANTI TAYLOR, the large-animal vet. 30s. African-American.
NNAMDI, the man inside. 30s. Senegalese.
MARCUS TAYLOR, the vet's husband. 30s. African-American.
DEBRA ANN HIGGINS, the ranch owner. 50s. Haitian-American.
ERNEST, the dead. 60s. African-American.

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