Greetings! Thanks for being here.
 
I am a writer and theatre creature based in Minneapolis, MN. I write and direct plays, and I also act and choreograph for the stage. My artistic research is centered on reproductive stories, and I am the brainmother / Company Director of The Birth Play Project. 

This article, published in the Minnesota Women's Press, is a great "I Am" Song for the work that I do. It's titled Placing Birth in Public Memory.

I also love staging queerness-as-transcendence, love Shakespeare, and have recently become comfortable calling myself a songwriter / lyricist. I am passionate about somatic experience, fair process, and the potential of incorporating social science research into artistic leadership and company-building practices. 

Words I appreciate that have been used to describe my work: 
Precision. Muscular. Enchanting, wickedly smart. Heart-first, siren-voiced, joy-giver, avenging angel. A force, difficult to define and quantify. The magic was there. 

RECENT NEWS: At the end of 2024, the Birth Play Project received fiscal sponsorship through Springboard for the Arts, meaning we can now apply for grants and receive tax-deductible donations as a company. To learn more about and contribute to the BPP's work in 2025, see our GiveMN page here.  

The Birth Play Project's adaptation of Shakespeare's Measure for Measure made its Minneapolis debut in September and October of 2024. From Jill Schafer of Cherry and Spoon: "I'm pretty sure Shakespeare never wrote this eloquently about childbirth." Read her full review here. 

To connect with me as a human, email madelinejwall97@gmail.com! To inquire specifically about the work of The Birth Play Project, email birthplayproject@gmail.com.