Dates: 2/22/2025 - 3/8/2025
📍 Theatre: Factory Theatre
Nightwood Theatre / Howland Company
125 Bathurst Street, Toronto
Toronto, ON M5V 2R2
Tickets: $15.00 - $50.00
A Nightwood Theatre production in association with The Howland Company
Written by Rachel Cairns Directed by Courtney Ch’ng Lancaster
In Hypothetical Baby, Rachel Cairns mixes data and drama to present an autobiographical work that dares to publicly talk about abortion the way we do privately — with neurotic vulnerability, unflinching honesty, and frank irreverence. This touching and hilarious one-person show grapples with the personal and societal factors that shape our reproductive lives and the intricate relationship between choice, change, and loss. Cairns, named “one of the country’s most original actors” by The Globe & Mail and recipient of My Entertainment World’s Performer of the Year Award, offers up a searingly honest, laugh-out-loud, and breathtakingly nuanced performance on the timely topic of the right to abortion.
In a world where AI increasingly tries to consume and simulate real human experiences, theatre sometimes feels like one of the last gasps of being in a room together. When we watch a show with others, respiration synchronizes, empathy increases, and information retention improves. It’s one of my favourite feelings.
BroadwayWorld spoke with HYPOTHETICAL BABY playwright Rachel Cairns about the goals behind telling her story, finding humour in a seriously complex subject, and the play's uniquely Canadian lens.
Nightwood Theatre in association with The Howland Company will present Hypothetical Baby, written and performed by Rachel Cairns and directed by Courtney Ch’ng Lancaster. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.
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