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L/A Arts presents
April 15 & 16 7:30 pm
at
The DownStage at
L/A Arts
#5 Canal Street Alley,
Lewiston, Maine
(for directions on line use "8 Pine Street, Lewiston, Maine 04240")
advance
tickets: $10; at the door $12 Seating is quite limited.
 (online)
or call
L/A Arts to purchase tickets: (207) 782-7228
(box office hours Mon - Fri 10 -3)
sponsored by
Patrons Oxford
Insurance Company
About The Show About
Actress Bess Welden
The Passion of the
Hausfrau: An Illuminated Solo Comedy by Bess Welden, Annette Jolles and
Nicole Chaison
On the eve of her 39th
birthday, the Hausfrau collapses in the grocery store parking lot and
awakens to an unexpected gift from her mother – the newly published
autobiography of a high school classmate who is not a writer but a
brain-damaged football player. Convinced her mother’s present is the symbol
of her own failure as a writer, the Hausfrau succumbs to exhausted delirium
and finds herself face to face with Grandma Millie. Never mind that she’s
been dead for years, Grandma Millie explains her mission: to guide the
Hausfrau on her own hero’s journey and help her rediscover her adventures as
a mother from a new point of view.
We follow the Hausfrau,
her husband, two children, and a host of other characters (all played by one
actress) as she faces and overcomes each challenge on The Road of Trials.
Finally, like all heroes, she must plunge into the inferno and face her own
“regrettable parenting moments,” like the tortures of hell, in order to
emerge as a new kind of hausfrau, ready to fulfill her creative self.
Turning the hero myth on its head by making the central character a
middle-aged mom, the play pokes fun at all the mistakes parents make with an
honest and irreverent humor.
Over 100 original cartoon
projections help tell the story and add an engaging visual layer that
illuminates the text, much like a graphic novel.
see more
at
www.thehausfrauplay.com
About Actress
Bess Welden
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Bess Welden has performed
at theaters around the country including the Denver Center Theater
Company, Williamstown Theater Festival, Mabou Mines, Shakespeare Santa
Cruz, Hangar Theater, Montana Shakespeare in the Parks, and in her
adopted home state of Maine with Portland Stage Company, The Opera House
at Boothbay, and Mad Horse Theatre. |
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writer/performer of three other solo shows ("The Bond," "Keeping the Word"
and "The Handshake") and is also the librettist of "A Little Miracle," an
original work for mezzo soprano and orchestra, commissioned by the New York
Chamber Symphony and premiered at Lincoln Center. |
The DownStage Development Initiative
is supported by:
The Davis Family Foundation & Empower Lewiston
DownStage Programming is supported by
Special Thanks to our Season Underwriters:
and our Media Partners:
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