The Flower and The Fury

by Alexa Juanita Jordan

The Flower and The Fury follows three pregnant women as they contemplate abortion.
While Jessica swiftly and resolutely comes to the decision to terminate her pregnancy alone, Kennedy and Rachel both wrestle with their choices in individual yet similar circumstances. Throughout the play, the women’s interactions with each other, their partners, and the nurse at the abortion clinic, greatly impact their...

The Flower and The Fury follows three pregnant women as they contemplate abortion.
While Jessica swiftly and resolutely comes to the decision to terminate her pregnancy alone, Kennedy and Rachel both wrestle with their choices in individual yet similar circumstances. Throughout the play, the women’s interactions with each other, their partners, and the nurse at the abortion clinic, greatly impact their decisions and futures. The main action of the play takes place during a brief stretch of time (at most a few weeks), before jumping ten years ahead in the last three scenes, showing where the women end up.

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  • Premiere Stages at Kean University: The Flower and The Fury by Alexa Juanita Jordan
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    Premiere Stages, the professional Equity theatre in residence at Kean University, is pleased to recognize THE FLOWER AND THE FURY by Alexa Jordan as a Semi-Finalist for the 2022 Premiere Play Festival. THE FLOWER AND THE FURY rose through a competitive selection process conducted by Premiere staff and a panel of outside theatre professionals to become one of 35 semifinalists out of 655 submissions. The panel was particularly impressed by the sensitivity with which the play handles relationships—between women and their bodies, with romantic partners, and with friends. Our congratulations and...

    Premiere Stages, the professional Equity theatre in residence at Kean University, is pleased to recognize THE FLOWER AND THE FURY by Alexa Jordan as a Semi-Finalist for the 2022 Premiere Play Festival. THE FLOWER AND THE FURY rose through a competitive selection process conducted by Premiere staff and a panel of outside theatre professionals to become one of 35 semifinalists out of 655 submissions. The panel was particularly impressed by the sensitivity with which the play handles relationships—between women and their bodies, with romantic partners, and with friends. Our congratulations and thanks to Alexa.

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  • Catherine Filloux: The Flower and The Fury by Alexa Juanita Jordan
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    The theatricality of THE FLOWER AND THE FURY and its diverse exploration of the complex, profound choices surrounding abortion and pregnancy are explored with the shift in time of ten years.

    The theatricality of THE FLOWER AND THE FURY and its diverse exploration of the complex, profound choices surrounding abortion and pregnancy are explored with the shift in time of ten years.

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Character Information

5F/1M (The same actor can play Colin, Mark, and Jamie, or the roles can be played by separate men.)
  • Nurse
    Works at an abortion clinic. Wears simple, plain scrubs. Observant, sympathetic, comforting.
    40s
    Female
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      30s,
      40s
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Female,
      Non-binary
  • Rachel
    Indecisive, easily influenced, and accommodating. Very eager to please everyone. From a big southern family. Kennedy’s somewhat new assistant. Dating and living with Colin.
    20s
    White
    Female
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s,
      30s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      White
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Female,
      Non-binary
  • Jessica
    Native New Yorker. Writer. Free-spirited, ambitious, strong-willed. Went to college with Kennedy and Mark. In the middle of divorcing her ex-husband to be, Jamie.
    late 20s - early 30s
    African American/Black
    Female
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s,
      30s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      Black, African, Caribbean, or African American
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Female,
      Non-binary
  • Kennedy
    Went to college with Jessica, and has taken her new assistant, Rachel, under her wing at work, where she herself is a magazine editor. Has been in a long term relationship with Mark for 10 years, since they were in college.
    Late 20s - early 30s
    BIPOC
    Female
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s,
      30s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      Asian, Pacific Islander, or Asian American,
      Black, African, Caribbean, or African American,
      Indigenous, First Nation, or Native American,
      Latinx/o/a or Hispanic,
      Middle Eastern, North African, or Arab American,
      Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander,
      South Asian or South Asian American
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Female,
      Non-binary
  • Colin/Mark/Jamie
    Rachel’s boyfriend, Kennedy’s long term partner, and Jessica’s soon to be ex-husband.

    -COLIN: brash yet charming, works in finance. Rachel’s highschool boyfriend, who she’s now reconnected with.
    -MARK: kind, agreable, loving. Writer. Kennedy’s college sweetheart. -JAMIE: hot-headed, over the top, intense. Lawyer. Hasn’t been married to Jessica for long, deeply upset about the impending divorce.
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s,
      30s
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Male,
      Non-binary

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