Mini Shenanigans - Episode 4 - "The Donor Class" by Scott Carter Cooper

About this episode

The episode features a play titled 'The Donor Class' that explores themes of reproductive health and societal assumptions about women.

Hello there and welcome to our fourth instalment in this series of Mini Shenanigans! Our 4th play of this series is entitled "The Donor Class" (https://newplayexchange.org/script/2035927/the-donor-class) by Scott Carter Cooper (https://newplayexchange.org/users/10133/scott-carter-cooper & https://scottcartercooper.com/) When talking about the play Scott says: "The play came from two inspirations. The first being an episode of Oprah, many years ago about women having to deal with mostly male gynaecologists who were too quick to resort to hysterectomies to resolve women's reproductive health. I have a lot of female friends, and when she said that a hysterectomy was female castration, the phrase stuck with me. At about the same time my own mother went through a series of new doctors, and before each examination, each doctor asked when she's had her own hysterectomy. It was just an assumption that a post-menopausal woman had one. She had not, and at 84, she has fought off every suggestion." Cast: He - Richard Koslowsky (richardkoslowsky.com) She - Siobhan Mccoulough (https://www.instagram.com/shivvy36/?hl=en-gb) Dr - Maria Ciancaglini Synopsis: An exhausted man and woman make the…

People in this episode

Host: Rachel Feeny-Williams

Topics covered

• reproductive health
• donation
• gender issues
• hysterectomy
• personal stories

Keywords

• reproductive organs
• cash donation
• female health
• hysterectomy
• play synopsis

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Donor Class

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