Listen To Your Mother

2nd Annual LISTEN TO YOUR MOTHER

On Sunday, Mother's Day, May 8, 2011, in Madison, Wisconsin,  at 3:00 PM at The Barrymore Theatre, I am going to be part of an incredible afternoon, as part of the cast in the Listen To Your Mother Show.

In 2010,  Mother's Day at The Barrymore Theatre last year, the first Listen To Your Mother (LTYM) launched a new motherhood movement, giving voice to authentic stories and voices of motherhood. In 2011this movement goes national, with local community productions in five cities:

• Austin
• Los Angeles
• Madison
• NW Indiana
• Spokane

LTYM features live readings by local writers on the beauty, the beast, and the barely-rested of motherhood, in celebration of Mother's Day.

Born of the creative work of mothers who publish on-line, each production is directed, produced, and performed by local communities, for local communities.

LTYM is thrilled to announce its national media sponsor: BlogHer, Inc. BlogHer is the largest community of women who blog: 25+ million unique visitors per month, and hosts the world’s largest conference for women in social media.

Native Madisonian, UW Madison Theater alum, and Stay-at-home-humorist Ann Imig created LTYM. She serves as director/producer/MC of the 2nd annual Madison production, as well as National Director overseeing all of the 2011 productions. Madison cast includes Suzy Grindrod, Jennifer Rosen Heinz, Ann Imig, Elizabeth Katt-Reinders, Jessie Loeb, Laura McNeill, Amy Miles, Deb Nies, Staci Rieder, Sara Santiago, Alexandra Rosas Schultze, Erika Wagner-Martin, Sara Ward-Cassady, and an appearance by The Madison Youth Choirs.

LISTEN TO YOUR MOTHER: MADISON
Sunday May 8, 2011 3:00 PM The Barrymore Theatre
Tickets $12 (plus $1.50 service fee)/advance $15 day of show
Advanced tickets only online at barrymorelive.com or call & charge at (608) 241-8633
10% of all proceeds benefit City of Joy (providing services and support for rape victims in The Republic of Congo) and YWCA's Third Street program (affordable housing for Madison single mothers and their children.)

*I wish I had the words, and were eloquent enough, to convince you to attend a Listen To Your Mother Show, if you are blessed enough to have one of the five shows near you.


The stories, essays, and validation of all the types of mothering that we, male and female alike, do -
is nothing short of life affirming.


We are all important in someone's life, and to each other -- through the artwork of words, we can listen, share and know, and bear witness to who we are, and the life we live.


I hope you attend, and become part of the magic of a show like Listen To Your Mother.
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For more information visit listentoyourmothershow.com and @LTYMShow on Twitter