Roe at Arena Stage

Roe

Arena Stage
1101 Sixth Street, SW Washington

The lawyer: a young, brilliant, courageous woman arguing Roe v. Wade before the Supreme Court. The plaintiff: a complex, single woman seeking to end an unwanted pregnancy. The landmark 1973 case legalized abortion, but also began their separate journeys that would come to mirror the polarization in American culture. With shocking turns and surprising humor, Roe illuminates the difficult choices women make and the passion each side has for its cause.

Thru - Feb 19, 2017

Tuesdays: 7:30pm

Wednesdays: 12:00pm & 7:30pm

Fridays: 8:00pm

Saturdays: 2:00pm & 8:00pm

Sundays: 2:00pm & 7:30pm

Price: $65 - $90

Box Office: 202-488-3300

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Washington Post - Highly Recommended

"...If any play might be a worthy candidate for Take Your Daughter to Theater Week, it would be “Roe,” Lisa Loomer’s survey of the complicated and fiery underpinnings of Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that established a woman’s right to an abortion."

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- Peter Marks

DC Theater Arts - Highly Recommended

"...Roe will resolve no legal argument nor make no political dispute go away; a play cannot do that. But in Lisa Loomer’s transparent determination as playwright to empathize with all her characters, to be fair to all the players, this work exemplifies and models how to feel where one’s opponent is coming from even if one cannot in conscience condone where they have gone. That alone makes Roe necessary now more than ever."

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- John Stoltenberg

MetroWeekly - Recommended

"...Using a clever vehicle, Loomis plucks Norma (the Roe of Roe v. Wade) and Sarah Weddington (the lawyer who took her case to the Supreme Court) straight from the history books and drops them side-by-side, front and center. Given their chance, both vie to tell their respective stories, making the case for their decisions and letting history judge them good, bad, misguided or misunderstood. Delivered via flashback and narrative, dipping in and out of each other’s version of events, they show, tell and spar."

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- Kate Wingfield

Talkin Broadway - Recommended

"...Director Bill Rauch, who premiered this production at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival with many of the same cast members, brings a fluidity to the staging that allows time to move unobtrusively and locations to change almost instantaneously. A versatile 10-member ensemble plays all the roles supporting the two powerful leads."

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- Susan Berlin

DCTheatreScene - Highly Recommended

"...So much for partisanship and ideology. From an execution perspective, the performances and the stagecraft are nothing short of masterful. Agnew and Bruner are both exquisite as the leads. During the first act especially, it's easy to forget that it's a live play and not a documentary featuring the characters themselves. But there aren't enough good things to say about the performance of Catherine Castellanos and her empathetic conveyance of the constancy and heartbreak that befalls Connie Gonzales as she does everything she can to support McCorvey even as she knows she's being left behind. The costuming, wardrobe and makeup also deserve special plaudits for making the forty-year timeline of the play flow smoothly and convincing."

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- Dante Atkins

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Washington Post - Highly Recommended

DC Theater Arts - Highly Recommended

MetroWeekly - Recommended

Talkin Broadway - Recommended

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