WHEN GIVEN THE CHOICE, BLEED

By Kimberly Dixon-Mays
Directed by Mignon McPherson Stewart
in Goodman’s Alice Center

In this one-person play, four Black women of different ages and eras encounter a trace of blood in an ordinary moment, and each must decide who or what to leave behind to live the lives they choose. As the women’s times and spaces seep into each other, the force that connects them unwittingly stains the others with unforeseen consequences. Kimberly Dixon-Mays’s new play reminds us that some stories of survival flow from everyday choices, in tiny drops.

When Given a Choice, Bleed was developed at Chicago Dramatists, Rivendell Theatre, and National Black Theatre.

This reading runs approximately 1 hour and 50 minutes with one intermission.