Nancy Manocherian's the cell theatre and off the WALL productions in Pittsburgh present the World Premiere of What Kind of Woman by Abbe Tanenbaum. While working as a personal organizer in New York City, Tanenbaum and her client uncovered twenty letters from women seeking abortions in the 1970’s. Written to the landmark Women's Health & Abortion Project in Chelsea, just blocks from the cell theatre, these pleas for assistance are the inspiration for this play.

What Kind of Woman is a story of empowerment and the choices we make, for better or worse. When aging feminist and lifetime ‘collector’, Nora gets a final opportunity to reconnect with her estranged son, she hires personal organizer and struggling actress Anne to whip her apartment into shape for his visit. But letting go of the past to make space for the present isn’t always straightforward.

WHAT KIND OF WOMAN is directed by Kira Simring starring Virginia Wall Gruenert and Abbe Tanenbaum.

*Vaccination cards will not be checked however masks are required for the duration of the performance.

VIrginia Wall Gruenert (Nora) Abbe Tanenbaum (Anne), Kira Simring (director), Tucker Topel (set design), Forrest Trimble (lighting design), Laura Irene Young (costume design), Shannon Knapp (sound design), Andrew Sours (associate sound design), Katie MACK (dramaturg and associate producer) Carly Long (technical director), Janus Young (video engineer), Sarah Shea + Claudia Zajic ( stage managers), Tristan Arencibia (production assistant), Ron Lasko/ SpinCycle (press representative), Katie MACK (video design), Erika Cuenca (assistant stage manager)