Maria Asp, Darcey Engen and Nanci Olesen
The Moms are back on stage!
Last year, I hailed what I called the new “Vagina Monologues,” a performance by a group of Twin Cities moms about their deepest joys and fears as mothers. They tested the pieces as “The Mother Project” at a tiny south Minneapolis theater where we the audience laughed and cried along with them.
They’re back.
They promise to reveal “the familiar, desperate edge of everyday motherhood” in “I’m Telling,” part of a show dubbed “A Quartet of Mothers” at Illusion’s Fresh Ink Series, July 24-27.
Who’s in it? Darcey Engen is associate professor in the theatre arts department at Augsburg College. Maria Asp captains The Neighborhood Bridges program at Children’s Theatre and performs regularly with Frank Theatre. Nanci Olesen is an actor, writer and public radio commentator who recently hosted a pilot production called “How’s the Family?” for Minnesota Public Radio. Lisa Channer is co-artistic director of Theatre Novi Most and an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota Department of Theatre Arts and Dance.
“I’m Telling” will be performed along with “Child of God,” Aimee K. Bryant’s story of growing up in a fatherless home and becoming a single mother herself.
Not convinced yet? Watch this rehearsal video.
The shows are on July 24 - 26 at 8pm; and July 27 at 7pm. Tickets are $15 and available at the Illusion Theater Box Office at 612-339-4944 or online at www.illusiontheater.org.
