
Behind the Sheet
Charly Evon Simpson
Performance History of Medicine
A new play honors the enslaved black women who helped improve our understanding of reproductive health
In the era of #metoo, #citeblackwomen, and #blacklivesmatter—all movements founded by black women that, collectively, seek to call attention to pervasive social injustices and secure acknowledgment of this group’s contributions to American society—Charly Evon Simpson has written a play that centers on the experiences of antebellum-era enslaved women, whose sufferings provided a platform for…