# Abortion Road Trip

## Metadata

- Slug: abortion-road-trip
- Type: Full-length Play
- Genre: Dramedy
- Acts: 2 acts
- Duration: 90–120 minutes
- Cast: Small (1-6)
- Cast Summary: 5–7f
- Performing Groups:
  - Professional Theatre
  - Community Theatre
  - College/University
- Primary Image: https://content.uproartheatrics.com/e6sxz9i7j663jgvlarba7h8ggwi8

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## Authors

- By Rachel Lynett (author slug: rachel-lynett)

## Overview

**One car.  Three women.  A state line hours away.  On the other side of that state line is an abortion clinic.**
Written by 2021 Yale Drama Series Prize winner Rachel Lynett, this powerful play moves through a tumultuous emotional landscape in its exploration of womanhood.  Each bump in the road unveils new dimensions of complexity, vulnerability, heartbreak, and nuance in this riveting story.
*Featured in the 16th Annual Page To Stage Festival at the Kennedy Center*****"Abortion Road Trip is a blast. It’s serious but also very funny, with relatable characters and (mostly) believable complications...it doesn’t shy away from abortion’s nuances and messy complications.”
*-* [*The Washington Post*](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2017/07/09/fringe-festival-on-rabbi-freundel-an-abstract-macbeth-and-abortion/?utm_term=.697a6979a039)**
“The production brings a nuanced and balanced story forward: gentle-at-times, and hard-hitting in the right places."
*-* [*DC Theatre Scene*](https://dctheatrescene.com/2017/07/08/abortion-road-trip-capital-fringe-review/)**“Thanks to sweating the smaller stuff, the story's emotional impact lingers long after the final bows.”
[* - DC-ist Review*](http://dcist.com/2017/07/capital_fringe_2017_abortion_road_t.php)

## Plot

Minnie and Lexa join Driver on a road trip from San Antonio to New Mexico to get an abortion. While on their journey, each of three women discuss all of the baggage we carry with us and how the circumstances leading to three very different abortions shaped them into who they are.

## Cast

| Name | Role | Description |
| ---- | ---- | ---- |
| LEXA | Principal | 25, not white. |
| MINNIE | Principal | 28, not white. |
| DRIVER | Principal | Early 30s, white. |
| QUINN | Supporting | Late 20s, Minnie's girlfriend, any race.  Can be doubled with TAYLOR. |
| MOM | Supporting | Lexa and Minnie's mom, early thirties, a different race from LEXA and MINNIE.
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| TAYLOR | Supporting | DRIVER's partner, early thirties, any race.  Can be doubled with QUINN. |

## Materials

### Available for additional fee:

| Name | Description |
| ---- | ----------- |
| 60-Minute Talkback with the Creators	 | A 60-minute Zoom/Google Meet with one or more of the show's creator(s). Licensees and guests can ask questions, share experiences, and hear about the artistic journey of the show and creative team. This can be scheduled before or after the performances. If we are unable to make scheduling work, the cost will be refunded. |
| Video Recording License | License to create an archival recording of the show that may be distributed to the cast and crew. This does not allow publicly posting the performance. |

## Production Images

| URL | Caption | Credit |
| --- | ------- | ------ |
| https://content.uproartheatrics.com/xik54fa1yaoztzhos31lnaijgznp | Theatre Prometheus // Capital Fringe | Nerissa Hart |
| https://content.uproartheatrics.com/5voo0ewqk30nkan7lw4vczlnvcf3 | Graphic by Yannick Godts |  |
| https://content.uproartheatrics.com/6xvthn8s2kc3n6mcrtpha1blvglg | Theatre Prometheus // Capital Fringe | Nerissa Hart |

## Videos

- https://www.youtube.com/embed/ALm1D1kuaL0

## Press

| Title | URL | Image |
| ----- | --- | ----- |
| Capital Fringe 2017: Abortion Road Trip \| DCist | https://dcist.com/story/17/07/14/capital-fringe-2017-abortion-road-t/ | https://dcist.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/07/AbortionRoadTrip071217-thumb-640xauto-1005017.jpg |
| Abortion Road Trip Is a Well-Paced, Well-Written Meditation on Women's Rights - Washington City Paper | https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/325838/abortion-road-trip-at-capital-fringe-reviewed/ | https://i2.wp.com/newspack-washingtoncitypaper.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/07/curtains_abortion_road_trip.5968fc6d75c26.png?fit=960%2C540&ssl=1 |
| Fringe Review: ‘Abortion Road Trip’ by Theatre Prometheus at Trinidad Theatre | https://mdtheatreguide.com/2017/07/fringe-review-abortion-road-trip-by-theatre-prometheus-at-trinidad-theatre/ | https://mdtheatreguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/road-500x375.jpg |