The Surrogate by Mohsin Zaidi, directed by Christopher Manousos opened in the intimate Studio Theatre at Crow’s last night in a production by Here For Now Theatre. It’s an impassioned piece about the ethics of surrogacy. So let’s look at surrogacy and what Zaidi is trying to say about it. It’s the practice of a couple, usually wealthy, usually male, usually gay contracting with a woman, usually poor, usually vulnerable, often immigrant, to carry a baby that is not biologically hers to term. Surrogacy is legal in forty plus US states but illegal in Canada and, crucial to the play, Louisiana.
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