BIRTH The Play

If you know someone who is going to have a baby, had a baby or loves someone who has had or will have one, tell them about this play. Here's more about the play that I got off the website:

Birth is a play based on over one hundred interviews 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.
In the play we meet Jillian, a stay-at-home mother of four children, who always sees the humor in life, especially in her mixed-bag of birth experiences; and Beth, a 35-year-old successful, high-powered computer systems manager from New Jersey who confidently planned a cesarean.
We are introduced to Vanessa, a buyer for a major department store who never had a doubt that she wanted an epidural. We hear from Janet, a lesbian in her 40s, who despite her feminist background wanted a medicalized birth, fearing the safety of herself and the baby; and Lisa, an African-American who felt intimidated and used by her midwives and the medical system after her birth.
We get to know Sandy, who thought birth was “just one day,” but found out that having an emergency c-section on that day changed her world. We hear Natalie's intimate story of physical betrayal; and Amanda, an athletic, confident stay-at-home mother who believed her birthing mantra--”My Body Rocks”--gave her the attitude she needed to give birth naturally in the hospital.
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."

We hope you can attend, the local Fresno Production will be at the Tower Theatre this Fri the 28th and Saturday the 29th. If you cannot attend, please consider buying a ticket and giving it as a gift or a donation. For more information contact Lisa Gartin at 559-443-9495
or go to www.bithonlaborday.com OR call MOMMY MATTERS 559-433-0172
TICKETS AVAIL AT THE TOWER THEATER www.towertheaterfresno.com