Month: May 2015
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Story Sharing on the Playground; or, Talking with Perfect Strangers About the Miracle of Your Vagina
Last week SET opened Motherhood Out Loud, which is a series of monologues about motherhood. We’re going into our last weekend, which means I’ve seen this show…a lot by this point. And every single time I see this play, I’m reminded of my own experiences on several playgrounds. My oldest kid is thirteen now (shut up)…
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Directing Isn’t So Different From Being a Mom
Opening tonight: My directorial debut! (Well, my co-directorial debut — my co-director Sarah Shaver is AMAZEBALLS.) Over the last couple weeks I have had the pleasure and the panic of trying to shape a series of short scenes and monologues about motherhood. Motherhood Out Loud is a beautiful collection of pieces written by some of the…