Fucking A

By Suzan Lori-Parks

Directed by Bobbin Ramsey

University Theater, Yale University

2023

Music Direction: Liam Bellman-Sharpe

Set Designer: Patti Panyakaew

Costume Designer: Caroline Tyson

Lighting Designer: Ankit Pandey

Sound Designer: Joe Krempetz

Projection Designer: Doaa Ouf

Production Dramaturg: Gabrielle Hoyt

Technical Director: Alex Theisen

Stage Manager: Aura Michelle

An otherworldly tale...involving a noble mother...her wayward son...and others.

"Fucking A is a pro-abortion play set in an anti-abortion world. It is a prison-abolitionist play that depicts the perverse logic of incarceration. Intermingling violence and care, optimism and despair, this staggering piece asks; at a time when hope feels like delusion, how can hope thrive? And in a place where love leads inevitably to pain, how can love make a difference?"

-- Gabrielle Hoyt, Production Dramaturg

The dystopian Fucking A world represents the literal interpretation of social hierachy as we see characters with money and power live on top of the lower class. Hester, an abortionist, whom people look downed upon provides the most necessary service. Her existence is the foundation that carries this whole town. This is how society functions in this otherworldly world.