ATW Play Reading: Third Choice by Ray Hill at The Actors Theater Workshop
Dates: 7/30/2026
📍 Theatre: The Actors Theater Workshop
145 West 28th Street, 3F, New York, NY 10001
New York, NY 10001
Phone: (212) 947-1386
A newly appointed Supreme Court Justice and a young lawyer collide in Roe v. Wade, reshaping history and redefining personal freedoms.
Third Choice: Roe v. Wade at the Supreme Court tells the story of how an Associate Justice finds his own independence. At the center of the story are two unlikely protagonists.
Newly appointed to the bench is the bookish Harry Blackmun, a childhood friend of Chief Justice Burger, chosen to complete the “Nixon Court”. Arguing her first case is Sarah Weddington, a 26-year-old Texan lawyer and a woman with her own experience of a backstreet abortion.
Blackmun struggles to find his place on the Court. He is torn between the liberal Justices who dismiss him and the Chief Justice, who demands his loyalty. But as Blackmun visits abortion clinics and studies the history of abortion law, he confronts the human costs of backroom procedures and begins to question the role he was expected to play.
Against expectations, he finds his voice and writes one of the most consequential decisions in Supreme Court history.
House Opens: 7:00 PM
Show Starts: 7:30 PM
Artist / Audience Talk-Back: ~9:00 PM
This production of Third Choice: Roe v. Wade at the Supreme Court is being produced and presented by The Actors Theatre Workshop as part of ATW’s Play Reading and Discussion Series.
The Series is made possible with support from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
ATW is a non-profit theatre and educational institution. www.ActorsTheatreWorkshop.org
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