Babel**
by Jacqueline Goldfinger

Directed by Jaimelyn Gray

Featuring Maya Danks, Nicole McCarty, Logan Milway, and Ashley Oviedo.

March 19- April 2, 2022

Thurs-Saturdays @ 7:30pm
Sundays @ 4pm

Broadway Theatre Center Studio,158 N Broadway, Milwaukee, WI 53202

Babel is a dark comedy set in the near future. As world resources deplete, an act of legislation known as “PRE-certification” is passed – making it a necessary process for anyone hoping to start a family. Two couples (friends Dani and Renee, and Jamie and Ann), are having very different experiences with pregnancy and the lengths they go to in order to have a baby raises the specter of eugenics, explores the societal value of a baby, and asks us what we are willing to risk for love.

*This production contains adult subject matter. Viewer discretion strongly advised. | TW: We believe in the power of dark art catharsis. As such, every Constructivists production contains trigger-inducing words, ideas, and actions. If you are concerned about the content of any of our productions, please email us at info@theconstructivists.org, or call 414.858.6874 and we can speak more specifically about what this production may entail.

**This production was part of a rolling World Premiere through the National New Play Network under the Executive Directorship of Nan Barnett. It world premiered at the Unicorn Theatre under the Artistic Direction of Cynthia Levin, Theatre Exile under the Artistic Direction of Deborah Block, Passage Theatre under the Artistic Direction of C. Ryanne Domingues, Contemporary American Theatre Festival under the Artistic Direction of Peggy McKowan, The Constructivists under the Artistic Direction of Jaimelyn Gray, and Florida Studio Theatre under the Artistic Direction of Richard Hopkins.

• “Director Jaimelyn Gray delicately weaves together a variety of different elements that render a truly unique and provocative dramatic experience on a small, intimate stage.

• “Danks is stunningly sharp as a very tightly wound Dani who contrasts against a more emotionally thoughtful Rene, brought to the stage with loving complexity by McCarty.”

• “Milway is an admirably strong emotional anchor for his quarter of the drama.”

– Russ Bickerstaff for the Shepherd Express (Read More)

• “Fascinating and frightening…absolutely riveting…”

• “There are no dull moments in this outstanding production.”

• “Go see this tremendous production of a play that no other theater in Wisconsin was brave enough to stage.”

– Gwendolyn Rice, gwendolynrice.com (Read more)

• “This ensemble is a powerhouse.”

• “…Jaimelyn Gray, shares her personal connection to the piece in a particularly moving director's note. Gray's own courage to face the unknown in spite of expert predictions shines through Babel.”

• “…Babel provides unrelenting tension through gripping drama.”

– Kimberly Laberge, The Stage on a Page Theatre Critic Blog (Read More)

Listen to Jaimelyn Gray talk to Will La Duke of Active Culture on Riverwest Radio about BABEL, WINK and a host of other Constructivists and theatre things.