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The Thomas Center
Thursday, June 11 and Friday, June 12 at 6:30 p.m.
(Music begins at 6:00)
Sunday, June 14 at 2 p.m.
(Music begins at 1:30)
Town of Tioga Meeting Hall
Saturday, June 13 at 6:30 p.m.
(Music begins at 6:00)
Saturday, June 13 at 6:30 p.m.
(Music begins at 6:00)
Tickets: $15 ($10 students) at door or in advance at Books Inc, Birth Center of Gainesville or The Flour Pot
BIRTH is a critically acclaimed play based on interviews by playwright Karen Brody conducted with mothers across America, who gave birth between 2000-2004. It tells the true stories of 8 women, painting a portrait of how low-risk, educated women are giving birth in America today.
Moving between first-person monologues, some dialogue, and the voices these women heard on the day they gave birth, Birth confronts, what City Lights Theater Company has called, "The naked truth about childbirth in America."
"Writing Birth was a calling. It needed to be written so I wrote it; many days I would say it wrote itself. The eight women you meet in Birth are the most typical stories I heard across America. Everything they say was told to me by the mothers I interviewed. I hope their stories crack open a door for you to a world few of us really, truly know. Birth."
Karen Brody, playwright
The performance will be followed by a talkback session, which will include a panel of birth professionals. This session will facilitate an interactive discussion on local and national birthing issues.
BIRTH is intended for mature audiences.
See a parents guide for BIRTH.
This production of BIRTH is co-sponsored by the City of Gainesville,
Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs.