Women’s Choice and Women’s Care are next-door neighbors that couldn’t be more different. Women’s Choice is an abortion clinic, while Women’s Care is a crisis pregnancy center dedicated to taking it down. What does it mean to truly see one another across deep disagreement?

Reviewing the playtext on the way home, I’m reasonably certain the playwright added (or added back) at least one lengthy sequence to give Susan Sarandon a meatier role for the benefit crowd, and Susan responded in turn by reading it in the flattest, least-invested tone you can imagine. Think, like, the kid who doesn’t want to popcorn-read in third grade. This made such a sour impression that I don’t feel like I can fairly say whether the play was any good or not. I was glad that my money went to a good cause (Chicago Abortion Fund).