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Welcome to this week's Spread the Love
This week we are talking about another issue play
We are talking about The Pregnancy Project
We put the word 'Pregnancy' right in the title
so that there is no surprise
as to the subject matter of the play.
And indeed there is a pregnancy project in the play.
An entire health class,
both girls and boys,
have to wear pregnancy bellies
to simulate what it's like to be pregnant.
and discuss their views.
Some like the project,
some hate it
Some are influenced
some not at all,
And one girl is late.
For real.
And doesn't know what to do.
Craig what do you love about The Pregnancy Project?
I love how well the ensemble is integrated into the play.
You know that saying
"there are no small parts, only small actors?"
Well this is a one act play with a cast of twenty
pretty big cast,
and there are no small parts.
Because everybody gets a monologue,
or at least a moment to shine in the script.
Really wonderful writing.
Lindsay, what do you love about The Pregnancy Project?
As a writer,
I don't think it's my job to tell anybody what to do
Even if I want to.
Even with an issue like this where I want to
throw myself at the feet of every teenager and say
Don't do it!
You're too young, there's so much time!
Not my job.
It is my job to take an issue and
present all angels
even if I don't agree with them.
You want to present all angels
and you want to make sure those angels are represented by characters.
And you want to make sure those characters are three dimensional.
And that's what this play has in spades.
Characters oln all angels
that are human beings, discussing an issue,
living an issue.
That's it for Spread the Love.