The Hive artistic collective brings you She Said, She Said: a new - never before staged - play about motherhood, Middle America, and the right to choose.

STORY
An unplanned pregnancy, a hurricane, and a trip to her childhood home in Kentucky force Daughter to grapple with her complicated relationship with her mother. Coming face to face with her trauma rattles all of Daughter’s relationships, urges reevaluations, and begs the question: “What makes a good mother, and is it possible to be one?"

The play, equal parts poignant and hilarious, will have you investigating your own beliefs about and relationships to parenthood and the mothers in your life. The story invites us to consider how deeply personal the choice to create a life really is.

A bit about how the Hive works…

The Hive is not your average artistic collective! We started as a Zoom workshop in the pandemic, meeting weekly to act in each other's scripts and workshop each other's movies, plays, and TV shows. Our Hive workshops always functioned in the spirit of collaboration, creativity, and encouragement. No hierarchy is implemented as we all split up work to take advantage of each others’ unique talents. Our actor-writers are women from a wide variety of backgrounds and parts of the world, and we're always welcoming new members and collaborators.

We work together quite well…

Soon after establishing our remote workshops, we began working on each others’ projects as actors, directors, intimacy coordinators, production assistants, and more. We decided 'hey, let’s all work together!' And so we produced a short film, The Golden Age of Content, which premiered in February 2022. Our beloved comedy went on to win Best Ensemble at the Best Actor NY Awards and Best Cast at the NYU Gallatin Film Festival, and is now an official selection for the Chain NYC Film Festival!

We now bring you to!...

She Said, She Said is the first play we are producing together. Megan Medley has been workshopping this play since Hive began in 2020 (many Hive members have known She Said, She Said as long as we’ve known her)! By sharing scenes of the play with us each week, Megan was able to see how a story quite personal to her resonated for so many of us – as women, as Americans, as people whose right to choose is waning every day.

We at the Hive feel a sense of urgency in the play’s subject matter concerning motherhood and abortion, but also relish in the play’s unique tone, fresh perspective, and willingness to find light and humor in the darkest of places.

Where will your money go...
We are committed to paying artists for their hard work and skilled labor, and the large majority of our budget is directed toward that mission. This play has been in development for two years with the help of our dedicated actors and directors, and your donations will be used to compensate them for their enormous contributions. We will also be funneling donations towards space for rehearsals and performances. With your support, we will be able to contribute to our theater community in NYC and bring audiences back to the theater for intimate performances of new work.

She Said, She Said cast and creative team gathered for our invited staged reading in July at Playwrights Downtown in NYC.