Keely & Du
by This Is Art Meat

May. 15, 2016
Sunday

This is the finale in our series of female-centric play readings followed by a public dialogue of themes presented.

We will be reading Keely & Du by Jane Martin. 

From the author of Talking With and Vital Signs, here is a volatile drama about abortion. Du, a right to life activist, and Keely, a pregnant rape victim she is confining, transcend their circumstances and the ideological issues that separate them. Keely and Du is a mind probing issue play with a gripping human face. Who is accountable? What is the extent of individual freedom? What are a rape victim's rights? What is a Christian's realities of procreation? Their passionate stories exist on the extreme edge of everyday reality. 

"Provocative." - Variety "Compelling.... Bound to stir vigorous discussion." - The New York Times "Brings a bit of light as well as heat to an already red hot topic." - Los Angeles Times "Disturbingly important." - Irish Times "So well plotted that its build up is inexorable and gripping, its denouement at once inevitable and shocking." - Financial Times "Harrowing" - Miami Herald "Explosive." - Washington Times

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Keely & Du
by Jane Martin
This Is Art Meat

Public reading at 1 p.m. at the Off Center, Austin, on Sunday, May 15, 2016.