BREED OR BUST Comes to the Zephyr Theatre, Los Angeles Next Month

With her unique style of standup comedy, dark humor and unabashedly honest storytelling, Joyful Raven navigates the complexity of modern womanhood with a nuanced perspective on a woman's right to choose. She recounts her difficult reproductive choices and contends with her primal baby making instincts. In her own words, "The birth of this show--pun intended--unintentionally occurred in tandem with the overturning of Roe v. Wade. I didn't know how timely this play would prove to be when I began writing it a few years ago. People often ask me if this show is political. I am never sure how to answer. As a storyteller, I do not preach, lecture or grandstand. I simply tell my story with humor and truth. Yet, with female reproductive choices being criminalized again; with the truth about women's bodies still a taboo subject and our real lived experiences stigmatized; then, yes, this is a political show."