On-Born Children and Ghosts by Timmia Hearn DeRoy

Staged Reading of a new play in ten acts that follows a Queer mixed-racial couple’s journey through pregnancy, and the ghosts that haunt them. Moving through four hundred years of colonial history, into doctor’s offices, places of worship, on the water, political offices, and into the homes of people experiencing pregnancy and those caring for them, this play asks us to examine our own experiences of pregnancy and desires to become, or not become, parents. How can we be our ancestors wildest dreams if they only had nightmares?

Community Talkbacks:

Wednesday, 15th:  Community Resources and Information

Moderator: Elise Higgins

Panelists: Hakima Payne, Founder of Uzazi Village, Pegah Naemi Jimenez, Research Associate at KU's School of Social Welfare, and Amber Sellers, Lawrence City Commissioner and Director of Advocacy at Trust Women Foundation

Thursday, 16th: Artistic Team

Moderator: Alex Kimball Williams

Panelists: The Cast and Crew!

Friday, 17th: Community Conversation

Moderator, Alisha Saucedo, Founder of R.I.S.E.

A conversation on healing, and moving forward from here with the team and the audience.