Predictor

by Jennifer Blackmer

PREDICTOR is the real-life story of Margaret Crane who, in 1967, defied all odds and expectations to become the inventor of the first home pregnancy test.

PREDICTOR is the real-life story of Margaret Crane who, in 1967, defied all odds and expectations to become the inventor of the first home pregnancy test.

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  • Regina Hinkley: Predictor

    Predictor grabs you from the very first page and refuses to let you go until the very last line. Heart-wrenching, and tragically more relevant than many of us would like to admit, the real life story of Meg Crane translates beautifully to the stage with Blackmer's careful hand guiding it. Truly a captivating experience to read, and an even better one to see on stage.

    Predictor grabs you from the very first page and refuses to let you go until the very last line. Heart-wrenching, and tragically more relevant than many of us would like to admit, the real life story of Meg Crane translates beautifully to the stage with Blackmer's careful hand guiding it. Truly a captivating experience to read, and an even better one to see on stage.

  • Jacquelyn Floyd-Priskorn: Predictor

    Wow. This fast paced, comedically historical play will draw you in with its goofy game show beginning and hold you tight through the intense frustration of feminism and politics of the USA in the 1960s and earlier. But really, this isn't a play about feminism. I see it as a play about logic and great ideas being ignored or scoffed at because they aren't how "we always do things." The subject of this this play is just as important now as when it was being "conceived" in the 60s. This is a must see show!

    Wow. This fast paced, comedically historical play will draw you in with its goofy game show beginning and hold you tight through the intense frustration of feminism and politics of the USA in the 1960s and earlier. But really, this isn't a play about feminism. I see it as a play about logic and great ideas being ignored or scoffed at because they aren't how "we always do things." The subject of this this play is just as important now as when it was being "conceived" in the 60s. This is a must see show!

  • Elizabeth A. M. Keel: Predictor

    What a strong play. I did have to take a lap to calm down and stop seeing waves of red after reading - the historical sexism is STRONG. But it was fascinating to see this moment in time explored. Predictor reaches back to audiences who remember what life was like before home pregnancies were readily available, and out to those who don't really understand the full scope of the literal barriers that stood in pregnant peoples’ way.

    What a strong play. I did have to take a lap to calm down and stop seeing waves of red after reading - the historical sexism is STRONG. But it was fascinating to see this moment in time explored. Predictor reaches back to audiences who remember what life was like before home pregnancies were readily available, and out to those who don't really understand the full scope of the literal barriers that stood in pregnant peoples’ way.

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Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization Rivendell Theatre Ensemble, Chicago, Year 2018
  • Type Reading, Organization 1252 International, Los Angeles, Year 2018

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