(M)other

Written and Performed by Beth Osnes

(M)other explores what it just might take to get the people of one nation to authentically care about the children and families of other nations. The show’s opening describes a fictional program, called “Baby Swapping,” created by the United Nations to generate care for the world’s children.

In this small, limited pilot program, seven mothers from seven nations from around the world are required by their governments to swap their six month old babies with another mother from another nation for one month. What follows is an intimate look at these mothers’ experiences and their eventual realization of their interconnectedness.

The last line of the show states, “I think the hardest part about going back to my old life will be facing the part of me that believed you were ‘other.’ Everything has changed. Before I had asked, Why me? Why now? Now I ask, if not me, who? If not now, when?”

The (M)other Tour
Moving from Concern to Action n Behalf of the World's Children

Join us for a showing of (M)other

A one-woman play written and performed by Beth Osnes, MAU Co-founder

(M)other - Friday, May 9th at 6:00pm

Hot Mama Espresso Bar
2401 East 6th Street (map)

$10 donation at the door &
Free Interactive Workshop

Workshop - Saturday, May 10th, 10am-1pm
An interactive workshop that uses theater as a tool to empower maternal voices for public expression and civic participation.

Dougherty Arts Center
1110 Barton Springs Road (map)

Follow the workshop you can participate in our Reclaiming Mother's Day procession.

Co-Sponsored by The Single Parent Resource Network, Mothers Acting Up and Philanthropiece
For more information, please contact: 512-694-5272 or email: laura.sprn@gmail.com

SPRN is a 501 (c)(3) Organization - All donations are TAX-DEDUCTIBLE