What Kind of Woman (formally titled Committed Citizen) began development in 2016 when real-life actress and personal organizer, Abbe Tanenbaum was working with a client in New York City. While organizing paperwork, they uncovered twenty letters from women seeking abortions in the 1970’s. These original letters are the inspiration for this play. 
 
Over the following years, Abbe has written and rewritten the play more times than she can count, gathering a steady tribe of supporters along the way. The first exploration took place at PACA in Erie, PA followed by a reading with B-Side Salon Series in NYC. It’s been part of Somehow 9am Productions development program since 2020 and has been awarded an Abortion Conversation Projects grant for its international workshop. What Kind of Woman was featured in Culture Night Belfast 2020 on behalf of Alliance for Choice. In July of 2021, it had an overwhelmingly well-received public workshop with American Theatre Northwest in Washington state. 
 
It then was workshopped internationally and produced by Off the Wall Productions in conjunction with Nancy Manocherian's The Cell Theatre and culminated in an Off-Broadway run in October/November 2022