Fucking A

Fucking A
by Suzan-Lori Parks
Directed by Stephen Nunns

Inspired by Nathaniel Hawthorne’s classic novel The Scarlet Letter,  Fucking A by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, offers a bleak and dystopian view of the sadistic power games we are forced to play as members of a ‘free’ and modern society. Set in a post-apocalyptic world still divided by class and corruption, where its players are subject to arbitrary imprisonment, and where sexuality and fertility are discussed in an alternate language, we find Hester Smith working the only job available – abortionist to the lower class. Her branded A bleeding afresh every time a patient arrives, Hester hopes to save enough for a ‘promised’ reunion with her ‘wrongfully’ imprisoned son. A dark fable with music, including brief sardonic songs in the style of Kurt Weill, Fucking A is an expressionistic exploration of society and the socio-political systems within it through the lens of a mothers undying love.

Fucking A explores mature themes, contains adult language, sexual content, violence and may contain partial nudity. Fucking A may not be suitable for patrons under the age of 18.