First Look $27 (incl. a $2 fee): September 14 & 15

Blood of the Lamb

Archived Show

Overview

Produced by:: Occasional Drawl Productions in association with Harbor Stage Company
Dates:: September 14 - October 20, 2024
Run Time:: 1 Hour, 10 Minutes
Intermission:: No
Theater:: Showing in Theater
Tickets:: $66-$86 (incl. a $6 fee) | 59E59 Members: $50

Show Info

By Arlene Hutton
Directed by Margot Bordelon

With Meredith Garretson and Kelly McAndrew

A pregnant woman finds herself detained in a Texas airport with an unexpected adversary: a court appointed attorney assigned to represent her baby. This electrifying thriller features two women with opposing beliefs, forced to navigate the bureaucratic chaos of post-Roe America.

Blood of the Lamb is an urgent new play about choices: The choices that are taken from us and the choices we can still make.

CONTENT TRANSPARENCY

In an effort to care for our community, we’re sharing details about this production that may be sensitive for members of our audience. The following information may reveal plot points.

Contains discussion of miscarriage and a description of an abortion procedure.

Please join us for post-show talkbacks with members of the cast and creative team after the following performances:

Thursday, September 19 after the 7:00 PM performance, moderated by Kellie Overbey (A is For)
Thursday, September 26
Tuesday, October 1, with guest Maria Del Russo (Betches Media)
Wednesday, October 2, with guests Carolyn McCormick (A is For, Law and Order) and Mira Michels-Gualtieri (NYC for Abortion Rights, Mt. Sinai Adolescent Health Center)
Wednesday, October 9, with guest Dana Sussman (Executive Director of Pregnancy Justice)
Thursday, October 10 after the 7:00 PM performance, with guest Sarah Moeller (The Brigid Alliance)
Saturday, October 12 after the 7:00 PM performance, with guests Dr. Susan Kattwinkel (College of Charleston) and Dr. Stephanie Sandberg (Washington and Lee University)
Sunday, October 13, with guest Ariella Messing (Online Abortion Resource Squad)
Wednesday, October 16, with guest Caren Spruch (Planned Parenthood Federation for America)
Thursday, October 17, with guest Emily Joy Weiner (Houses on the Moon Theater Company)

Meredith

Garretson

Kelly

McAndrew

Andrew Boyce,

Scenic Design

Sarita Fellows,

Costume Design

Amith Chandrashaker,

Lighting Design

UptownWorks,

Sound Design

Photo Caption: Kelly McAndrew and Meredith Garretson in BLOOD OF THE LAMB
Photo: Daniel Rader

Photo Caption: Kelly McAndrew in BLOOD OF THE LAMB
Photo: Daniel Rader

Photo Caption: Meredith Garretson in BLOOD OF THE LAMB
Photo: Daniel Rader

Producing Company

Occasional Drawl Productions

Occasional Drawl Productions is an incubator of ideas, a creative workspace, and an experiment in new structures for theatre and performance-making. Created by Brian Letchworth, Occasional Drawl promotes alternatives to institutional models for how art gets made and who gets to make it and strives for a “zero-based” approach. There is no model; history is merely information. Occasional Drawl is ordinary people making un-ordinary things, both new and re-imagined, and prioritizes topical stories and hybrid forms.

Harbor Stage Company

Harbor Stage Company is an ensemble of professional theater artists who operate out of the Harbor Stage in Wellfleet, MA. Founded in 2012 to preserve and promote the legacy of challenging live performance on the Outer Cape, the artist-run company has garnered overwhelming critical praise and rejuvenated the Harbor's artists, core audience, and artistic reputation. Harbor Stage Company artists double as administrators to ensure an operation that prioritizes the artistic.

Reviews

★★★★★ "A pithy two-hander that packs the punch of a state-of-the-nation epic." – The Telegraph

★★★★★ "Hutton drip feeds plot points with an exquisite sense of timing… This is a powerful piece of activism, an excellently-crafted play, and perhaps more importantly, a public service announcement" – Fest Magazine

"An urgent new play that speaks to the moment and also dares to ask what might be next" – Fringe Review

"Alarmingly real" – OffOffOnline

★★★★★ "Extraordinary piece of theater"
"A two hander 75 minute force of insurmountable impact on both your heart and mind."
"This galvanizing production of intelligent arguments, humorous fumbles, and desperate attempts at humanity is a must see." – The Front Row Center

"Masterfully written and executed" – Pages on Stages

"This particular piece of fictional legislation cuts harrowingly close to the bone."
"A humdinger of a play, effectively and scathingly satirizing the post-Roe assault on reproductive rights in this country while offering up a moving tale of two women on opposite sides of the partisan divide." – Talkin' Broadway

★★★★ "A powerful and relevant message for today"
"[Meredith] Garretson is exceptional" – NY Stage Review

"There is a conscious activism at work in Blood of the Lamb, an entreaty that we all listen – just for a moment, and in a moment where opinions are guarded like castles under siege – to something that dares to aspire to change minds." – Vulture

"An essential must-see show"
"The time is now to see this show that shines a light on a hot-button political issue." – BroadwayWorld

"Mind-bending and visceral. I was on the edge of my seat." – Elena Sheppard