Friday and Saturday, public members met in Swain Hall for HellA research Performance that explores reproductive injustice and imprisonment. THE exhausted Performance was inspired By Pamela Winn, Kristie Puckett, Latitisha Facyson and Tiawana Brown – four black women who survived pregnancy during incarceration, and some of the work during imprisonment.
“It’s an honor that my story is told”, Puckett said. “It is an honor for him to be exhausted, and I just hope that people leave when seeing pregnant people incarcerated differently that they walked to see them.”
The script and the plot are based on the conversations The director, Megan N. Foster, had with women. Foster is a fifth candidate for the annual doctorate in the communication department.
The casting process was not an ordinary hearing process. To favor assisted performance on campus to light up and invite actors semblance Have the same fire as she saw in the stories of women.
The four women were directly implied With the script process by giving comments and changes throughout the script. To favor said That women with as many agency as possible was important for her – it was not her story but theirs.
“We are talking about fairly horrible stories of survival and injustice that can only be changed if we involve other people and that we get more support from people in our community, people who may not know that it happens”, Foster said.
The title, Fight Like Hell, was Winn answer To a question, Foster asked him: “What advice would you give to pregnant women who currently know incarceration?” Winn is the founder of a non -profit organization called RestoreWho advocates incarcerated women and girls, including victims of reproductive injustice.
The narrative of the show was produced by Foster itself. Foster then reconstituted everyone conversation With the four women, played by actors.
Latisha Facyson, plays By Nadia Jefferson, lost her son because of armed violence in 2021 when he was imprisoned. Kristie Puckett, played by Jilyn Neville, shared her experience of being pregnant and expressed the lack of care for pregnant women during imprisonment. Pamela Winn, played by Cree Noble, discussed the tragic accident to lose her baby during work when he was incarcerated.