Provoking Entertainment Presents new play: Open Up The Kingdom Mama

On November 7th, a new play will premier at the New Marigny Theatre. 'Open Up The Kingdom, Mama' is "a vexing modern day tragedy", written and directed by Anita Vatshell. Anita Vatshell is a playwright living in New Orleans. Vatshell describes the play: "A highly unexpected pregnancy causes controversy in this absurdist tragedy. A fifty-six year old widow must determine if her miracle conception is fate or the result of a Voodoo hex on her lover. Set in a post-Roe New Orleans where access to reproductive health care is severely restricted regardless of choice."

Anita is an RN with over twenty years' experience in reproductive health care and advocacy. As a playwright, her main emphasis is on reproductive justice with levity and compassion. Open Up The Kingdom Mama is the second in her reproductive trilogy of plays. Operating Theatre is the first of the trilogy and premiered in New Orleans November 2022. Anita’s plays have been produced in New Orleans and Missoula, Montana. Her work has been described as irreverent, witty, polished and powerful. For more information and ticketing, go to Open Up The Kingdom Mama.