Join Axial Theatre IN PERSON on September 7th at the St John's Episcopal Church Parish Hall for a reading of new play: "In the Cervix of Others"by Alice Eve Cohen.

The play reading will be followed by a curated discussion. 

When: Saturday, September 7th from 4PM - 6PM

Where: St John's Episcopal Parish Hall, 8 Sunnyside Ave, Pleasantville, NY

Suggested donation: $20 adults, $10 students

Actors: Susan Ward*, Lev Harvey*, Marisa Lowe*, Ruben Caballero, Bruce Apar*, and Nicole Arcieri*

Stage Directions read by Rofa Abayon

* = Axial Ensemble Member

Synopsis:

Jessica is at her gynecological exam in 2018, during the Kavanaugh-Ford hearing, and simultaneously in 1991, during the Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill hearing. Woven into this dark comedy is a mother-daughter tale, a true story of pharmaceutical corruption, and a woman urgently trying to find her voice. With emotional force and pointed wit, the play explores the many ways women are silenced, the misogyny tainting women’s healthcare, and the transcendent power of mother-daughter love. IN THE CERVIX OF OTHERS is a riveting journey, funny, painful, and absurd.

Winner, Jane Chambers Playwriting Award; Featured selection of the Women Playwrights International Conference Montréal; Finalist, Ashland New Plays Festival; Semifinalist, O’Neill National Playwriting Conference.

Alice Eve Cohen is a playwright, solo theatre artist, and author. Winner of the Jane Chambers Feminist Playwriting Award for In the Cervix of Others and the National Jewish Playwriting Contest for Oklahoma Samovar, her plays have been performed at theatres nationwide and on four continents, including the Kitchen Theatre, New York Theatre Workshop, New Georges, Cherry Lane Theatre, Six Points Theatre, LA Women’s Theatre Festival, Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, Jewish Repertory Theatre of Western NY, and at festivals and theatres in Europe, Israel, Canada, and the Caribbean. Her acclaimed memoirs, What I Thought I Knew (Viking, Penguin) and The Year My Mother Came Back (Algonquin Books), are honored with the Elle Literary Grand Prix for Nonfiction, Oprah magazine’s 25 Best Books of Summer, and Salon’s Best Books of the Year. She has written television for CBS and Nickelodeon, her monologues appear in six Year’s Best anthologies, including Best Women's Stage Monologues 2024 (Smith & Kraus), and her plays are published by NoPassport Press. She has received fellowships, grants, and awards from the New York State Council on the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, VCCA, the Orchard Project, Poets & Writers, Meet the Composer, and an Emmy Award Special Commendation. A finalist for the O’Neill National Playwriting Conference and McKnight National Residency and Commission, her plays have been nominated for five regional Broadway World Awards. She is a New York Theatre Workshop Usual Suspect and a member of Ensemble Studio Theater, the EST Playwrights Unit, Honor Roll!, Jewish Theatre Circle, Dramatists Guild, and Authors Guild. She holds an MFA from The New School and a BA from Princeton University. Alice teaches at The New School, where she received the University Distinguished Teaching Award. www.AliceEveCohen.com

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The SAFEHOUSE program was created and developed by Axial Artistic Director Cady McClain, playwright and Artistic Director of Shades Repertory Theater Samuel Harps, director Nate Flower and playwright Evelyn Mertens.

Vaccination and Mask Policy 

Consistent with New York City and State recommendations, audience members are strongly encouraged to wear masks in theatres.