The Birth of the Pill

Synopsis

Katharine McCormick and Margaret Sanger schemed for decades about a pill that women could swallow like aspirin that would grant total autonomy over their fertility. To achieve this feat, they need to team up with maverick scientist Gregory Pincus and charismatic gynecologist John Rock - and find willing human test subjects from New Hampshire to Puerto Rico. Based on the book by Jonathan Eig, The Birth of the Pill depicts the transformation in science, society and possibilities for women that came alongside the invention of the birth control pill, made ever more complex by the link between the pill and the Eugenics movement.

Developmental HISTORY

Commission, TimeLine Theatre Company
Workshop, New York Stage and Film’s Winter Season, 2023