Stray Cat proudly continues season 23 with Trista Baldwin’s FETAL - a ripped-from-the-headlines new play that enjoyed a sold-out and extended run in Minnesota that examines the complexities of the issues surrounding a woman’s right to choose and to have power over her body and health.
FETAL
by Trista Baldwin
directed by E. E. Moe
Tempe Center for the Arts Studio Theatre
February 14 - March 1, 2025
Your body is their battleground
An electrifying new play written in reaction to the Supreme Court’s decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, FETAL puts a personal face (four personal faces, actually) on an issue that has long been used as a political cudgel. A harrowing journey of four fictional women in a Texas clinic who represent countless real women whose choices have all too recently been ripped away from them.
“Turns out, yes, we do need this play, urgently…one of major events of this still young theatre season.” - Talkin’ Broadway
Please be aware the show contains adult language and situations.
WHEN:
FRIDAY 2.14.25 at 7:30pm – OFFICIAL OPENING NIGHT
SATURDAY 2.15.25 at 7:30pm
SUNDAY 2.16.25 at 2:00pm
THURSDAY 2.20.25 at 7:30pm - FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY A POST-SHOW DISCUSSION WITH THE PLAYWRIGHT
FRIDAY 2.21.25 at 7:30pm
SATURDAY 2.22.25 at 7:30pm
SUNDAY 2.23.25 at 2:00pm - FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY A POST-SHOW DISCUSSION WITH THE PLAYWRIGHT
WEDNESDAY 2.26.25 at 7:30pm
THURSDAY 2.27.25 at 7:30pm
FRIDAY 2.28.25 at 7:30pm
SATURDAY 3.1.25 at 7:30pm - CLOSING PERFORMANCE
WHERE:
Tempe Center for the Arts
STUDIO THEATRE
700 W Rio Salado Parkway, Tempe, AZ 85281
PLENTY OF FREE PARKING AVAILABLE!**
**THE PARKING GARAGE RIGHT NEXT TO THE VENUE IS OPEN. ALL PATRONS WILL RECEIVE COMPLIMENTARY VALIDATION.
TICKETS:
$40 ADULTS
$35 SENIORS 65+
$20 STUDENTS W/ VALID, CURRENT ID
$15 GROUPS 10+
prices do not include service or convenience fees
Buy online 24/7 at http://straycattheatre.org or call 480.350.2822
CAST:
KATE HAAS - CASS (Stray Cat’s The Minutes, Learn to be Latina, reasons to be pretty, 12th Night of the Living Dead)
DEBRA LYMAN - ANNE (Stray Cat’s John)
DOLORES MENDOZA - LUCY (Stray Cat’s POTUS, La Ruta, Two Mile Hollow, The Antipodes)
WYATT MURPHY - LIV (Stray Cat’s The Wolves)
Stray Cat Theatre is at Tempe Center for the Arts, 700 W Rio Salado Dr, Tempe 85281 , Tempe, AZ.
THE MINUTES (9/27/24-10/12/24)
UNTIL THE FLOOD (2/16/24-3/2/24)
POTUS, OR BEHIND EVERY GREAT DUMBASS ARE SEVEN WOMEN TRYING TO KEEP HIM ALIVE (12/1/23-12/16/23)
GLORIA by Brendan Jacobs-Jenkins (9/29/23-10/14/23)
FAIRVIEW (4/28/23-5/6/23)
ASSASSINS (5/6/22-5/21/22)
Sheepdog (10/29/21-11/13/21)
BLKS (2/5/21-2/20/21)
Small Mouth Sounds (8/9/19-8/24/19)
AMERICAN IDIOT (6/10/16-6/26/16)
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