WPS: Breeders
Women Playwrights Series
Wednesday, April 8 at 7:00 PM
Sitnik Theatre : 715 Grand Avenue
by Megan Campisi
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Six soon-to-be-parents meet in a childbirth class. It's a comic crucible as they confront their opinions, fears, and baggage about becoming parents.

ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT
Megan Campisi—playwright and novelist—writes about women who break rules. Her work is often historical fiction and usually reflects Megan’s background in physical theater. Her latest play, Peregrinations, is a wordless play in Larval Masks exploring journeys of immigration and displacement (Dutch Kills Theater: Edinburgh Fringe, 2026; The Tank, 2025). Breeders (2022), a comic play about childbirth, was a finalist for the Henley Rose prize and had its first reading at the Neighborhood Playhouse Red Door Readings. Her first novel, Sin Eater, was an alt-history mystery about an Elizabethan sin eater and won the Debut Crown from the UK Historical Writers’ Association (Simon & Schuster 2020). She is current faculty at the Neighborhood Playhouse conservatory of theater. Megan lives in Brooklyn with her family. www.megancampisi.com

