WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY JESSICA BASHLINE
DIRECTED BY MARGARET M. LEDFORD

THE BIG BAD PROGRAM

ANN AND ME: or the big bad abortion play has been supported on its journey by the following companies:
American Theater Northwest, Syracuse Stage Cold Reads Festival, Parity Productions NYC, Miami Dade Dept. of Cultural Affairs Playwright Development Program, The Orchard Project

​Jessica Bashline, Playwright/Performer
Jessica is an Assistant Professor of Theater at the University of Miami, where she teaches acting and theater creation. She was the Artistic Director and co-founder of Strange Sun Theater, a theater company in New York City dedicated to creating magical new theater that ignites in audiences and artists, the power of possibility. Jessica’s other plays include: “Ann and Me”, a solo piece about abortion has been developed in collaboration with American Theater Northwest and Syracuse Stage. Wickedest Woman; The story of Ann Lohman, midwife and abortionist in the 1800’s in NYC. Finalist, Scrap Mettle Arts Playwrights Festival, Production January 2019 NYC, published with Next Stage Press. Garden of Memories the story of siblings dealing with the loss of their mother and the acceptance of their past. Runner Up W. Keith Hedrick Award at HRC Showcase Theater and Semi-Finalist,
Trustus New Playwrights Festival 2016 among others. Jessica works as a freelance theater director specializing in new play and musical development, her favorite credits include; Loving Repeating (NYC Premiere), Life of the Party (Larry O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin), at NYU Steinhardt Gypsy, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night, with Strange Sun Closer Than You Think (World Premiere), The Drowning Girls (NYC Premiere).
Jessica has a BFA in Acting from Boston University and an MFA from Goddard College. Jessicabashline.com
​MARGARET M. LEDFORD, Director
Margaret hails from Chattanooga where she received her Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Speech from the University of Tennessee. Margaret is the Artistic Director of City Theatre in
Miami. She has directed plays, musicals, and readings in the South Florida region, including Promethean Theatre (resident director for eight years), Palm Beach Dramaworks, GableStage,
Florida Reparatory Theatre,  Naked Stage, New Theatre, Delray Beach Arts Garage, Mosaic Theatre, Caldwell Theatre Company, Florida Stage, Island City Stage, Thinking Cap Theatre, and of course, City Theatre. She studied Cubist-Expressionistic scenography post-WWI at Masaryk University in Brno, Czech
Republic, is an 8 time nominee for Best Director for the local Carbonell awards and a multiple Silver Palm winner for Direction (S FL Drama Desk awards).  Margaret served 6 years on the South Florida Theatre League Board of Directors, 2 years as President. Margaret is a National Reviewer for the
National YoungArts Foundation in theatre and musical theatre, a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association, and a co-founder and Creator at Mangrove Creative Collective.

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