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Go On Stage, Talk About Motherhood
Hey, Mom! Yes, you mom! You! Got something to say about motherhood? Then say it here!
Producers of “Expressing Motherhood” have opened submissions for a third show in the Los Angeles-area for the January 2010 show.
There’s still time to attend the show’s first-ever New York City performances, Sept. 24 to 26 at TADA! Theatre. There, a dozen or so moms will perform their original pieces based on their own experiences as moms. (We hear there’s a song about a minivan.) Go here for ticket information.
I attended an August L.A. performance and wrote about it here. There, I overheard someone involved with the show talking to some audience members about who they would consider casting. The producers are trying hard to diversify.
The show I saw was, indeed, mainly white middle- to upper-middle-class moms like me. Educated. In our thirties and forties.
They want voices from moms who don’t fit that demographic too: older moms, moms with grown kids, non-white moms. Know a teen mom? Get her to write her story. Know a mean mom? Have her jot down some notes as well. What about an immigrant mom? A mom who knows homelessness? A mom with nanny problems? Husband problems? Wife problems? Fertility problems? Fecundity problems?
What about you? Write it down and submit. You know you’ve got something to say, so say it!
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Mistress_Scorpio commented on Sep 03 09 at 1:21 pmA friend of mine is performing in the NYC show!
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