Tell me, Mother

In a café at the end of the world, women trade stories about motherhood against a backdrop of conflict that shadows them from place to place, generation to generation. Their stories travel from Moscow during the 1991 coup to New York on 9/11 to a refugee camp on the Ukrainian border and a kibbutz under attack. Drawn from real life testimonies and documentary materials, they move between wedding-day laughter, the terror and tenderness of new motherhood, and unimaginable loss. Funny, raw, and deeply human, Tell Me, Mother is an ensemble portrait of what mothers carry, and what they pass on.

Performed in Russian by Arlekin’s resident company with English supertitles in an intimate setting of 35 seats. Devised and directed by Yana Gladkikh, star of Arlekin's award-winning production of The Dybbuk and director of Beethoven. Choreography by Suli Holum, co-founder of Pig Iron Theatre Company. Soundscape by Bryce Somerville and Victor McSurely, alumni of Blue Man Group Boston.

"What fascinates me is the moment when a specific person's lived experience enters the artistic frame of the stage and becomes something larger than itself. The stage is a frame that transforms the personal into the universal." Yana Gladkikh

Previews November 17 and 18 at 7:30pm; the run plays November 19 to 22 and December 10 to 13, Thursdays through Sundays. This premiere is presented as a special fundraising project, with proceeds supporting Arlekin's mission.