My Mother Should Have Had An Abortion
Development Season
A painfully honest solo show about depression, mothers, and why love and like aren't the same.
At eleven, Joyann confessed her suicide ideation for the first time out loud, not knowing her mother could understand more than she let on.
Now, Joyann is unpacking the generational sadness and the uneasy gratitude of a Black woman who both wants to defund the police and thank them for holding space while she open-mouthed sobbed in their faces.
Through humor and honesty, Joyann attempts to turn grief into punchlines and healing.
"My Mother Should Have Had an Abortion" is not a tragedy -- it's in the
grand tradition of blaming our parents for everything wrong in our
lives.
A meditation on depression, migration, and the absurd
ways we survive ourselves, this debut one-woman show finds humor in
heartbreak, tenderness in shame, and connection in the messiest corners
of being human.
Joyann is a Toronto-born writer, teacher, and performer who has lived, volunteered, and worked worldwide -- From Canada to Cuba, China, Germany, Korea, Spain, and Antigua (where her family is from). A former morning show cohost and stand-up dabbler, Joyann blends personal storytelling with observation and radical vulnerability.
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Theatre
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$20.00 -
24 February 2026-1 March 2026 -
60 minutes -
Hannah Playhouse -
Halfway Up @ The Hannah -
16+ -
Medium Coarse Language, Drug References, Suicide or Suicidal Ideation, Death, Mental Illness, Abortion
