Butch Mamas! Butch Mamas! not your butch mama's comedy is a hysterical side splitting ensemble play! No facet of lesbian butch identity is left untouched in this wonderful debut by playwright Ms. K.S. Stevens. Butch Mamas! is a humorous, intelligent, thought provoking, and moving play, for anyone who was ever experienced group dynamics and/or contemplated becoming a parent. Ms. Eaton Foster directs and Ms. Darya Gerasimenko designs the set for this dysfunctional support group for butch women and their admirers, as they investigate alternative ways to build families, and become Butch Mamas! Featuring: Ashley Brockington, Micia Mosely, Lea Robinson, Gayle Robbins, Jin-Xiang “Jx” Yu, Minna Taylor, Michael Abourizk, and Rebecca Zaretzky*. *These actors are appearing courtesy of Actor’s Equity Association. Equity Approved Showcase September Friday 18th & Saturday 19th, Thursday 24th, Friday 25th and Saturday 26th, 2009 SHOWS 8 pm with intermission. $16 at the door. Phone: 212.777.4280 #1 (Butch Mamas VM) Reservations are no longer being taken for Butch Mamas. For a chance at a seat, come by at 7:30 to get on the standby line! More including rehearsal photos at Butch Mamas! on Facebook --------------------------- Synopsis: Corey (Ashley Brockington) recently graduated with her MSW and needs to complete her therapy hours for her license. She creates Butch Mamas! a therapy group for butch lesbians who want to become mamas! Little does she know, but she has created the perfect breeding ground for dysfunctional lesbians to process butch identity, parenting, failed relationships, and alternative ways to have children and make families. The hilarity ensues when the only consistent participants include a Teagan (Gayle Robbins) and Cassie (Jin-Xiang “Jx” Yu), a couple who broke up 6 years ago, without closure. In attendance are Robin (Cassie’s wife played by Minna Taylor), Alma (Lea Robinson), a lawyer and single woman looking for a surrogate, and Jasper (Micia Mosely), an AG who can’t get enough of being around her butch mamas, and Shay (Michael Abourizk) and Kelp (Becca Zaretzky), their well intentioned eccentric admirers. -------------------------- Biographies: Ms. K.S. Stevens (Playwright / Producer) Ms. K.S. Stevens is a member of The Dramatists Guild of America. Her most recent show was Yellow Lens, a night of Asian American 1 act plays. Ms. Stevens’ plays were featured in the showcases Cause and Effect and Ulterior Motives at the LGBT Center and the Wings Theatre. Ms. Shenelle Eaton Foster< (Director / Light & Sound Design) Ms. Eaton Foster is a performing artist and activist. Recent theater credits include: Pandora's, Theater Row; Black Tale, The Center; A Black Girls Guide to Going Green/Land and Rain, Dixon Place. Ms. Eaton Foster studied dance at the Ailey School and holds a master's degree in social work from Fordham University. Ms. Darya Gerasimenko (Set Design) Ms. Gerasimenko is an NYU graduate with a B.A. in dramatic literature. Her most recent set designs have been featured in the productions of The Maids and Happy Days. Ms. Nicolette Dixon (Stage Manager / Sound Tech) Ms. Dixon holds a B.A. in Theatre Arts from UC Santa Cruz. She discovered directing, writing, clowning, burlesque, costumes, and stage managing. Ms. Kellie Mecleary (Light Tech) Ms. Mecleary holds an M.A. in Performance Studies from NYU and a B.A. in Theatre and English from Goucher College. She has answered to playwright, director, dramaturg, stage manager, and choreographer. ========================================================================== WOW Café Theater