The Birth Play Project

The Birth Play Project (or the BPP) is a Minneapolis-based company of artists dedicated to placing reproductive stories in public memory. 

We entered the world of fundraising for the first time this past autumn by surpassing our goal on Give to the Max Day, and completed our first fundraising event on May 3rd to heartening success. This page is a continued fundraiser for our future work. 

The Birth Play Project is under the fiscal sponsorship of Springboard for the Arts, meaning all contributions are tax-deductible. Read on to learn more about what we've accomplished so far this year and what else we're dreaming up. 

Celebrating the launch of our new WEBSITE at a company meeting! 

Our work so far in 2025...

We have organized the year into three trimesters (we enjoy the body literacy connection) and we're currently looking towards Trimester 3. So far this year, we have: 

• Offered three professional development sessions for our associate artists and the larger community (dialect workshops led by Gillian Constable); 
• Submitted three grant/program applications; 
• Established two new online homes: a Substack account to host our monthly newsletter and collected writings, as well as a customized website by Liv Kemp of Anecdote Designs; 
• Produced one public performance as part of "Running Errands" at the Bryant Lake Bowl; 
• Showed up for one Minnesota Senate hearing to support reproductive justice legislation; 
• Completed the first draft of our theory of change; 
• Held our first fundraising event at the Elision Playhouse on May 3rd! 

We accomplished all of this through collaborative work at monthly full company meetings and biweekly leadership meetings, as well as countless hours of independent work from our associate artists.

Associate artists Gillian Mueller and Madeline Wall at the Minnesota Senate Building to support SF 2109, a bill that would require equitable reimbursement for freestanding birth centers statewide.  

How you can contribute...

1. Give directly to this campaign by clicking that green "donate" button! Your contribution is tax-deductible. 

2. Mail us a check made out to "Springboard for the Arts" with "The Birth Play Project" in the memo line to this address:

The Birth Play Project

3948 1st Ave S, Unit A

Minneapolis, MN 55409

3. Visit our website, engage with our Instagram account (@birthplayproject) or subscribe to our Substack! These are the best ways to get the latest BPP news, and we always appreciate amplification, so go ahead and share our posts with friends, beloveds, and co-conspirators alike. 

THANK YOU for considering a contribution to our work! 

Gently now, 

The Birth Play Project