The MOMologues

The MOMologues

Overview

This original comedy about motherhood reveals what all mothers know but don’t always talk about: it’s overwhelming and exhausting, but also very, very funny. From the joys of infertility, through reading the same books over and over and over, to finally seeing your baby get on that school bus, this play mines the laughs and tears of the early years of motherhood.

Four separate characters tell their individual stories, either directly to the audience in monologues, or in scenes with each other.

Mothers everywhere can relate to the labor stories, the frustration of a simple trip to the store, the quest to connect with other mothers, all of which causes them to plan moms’ nights out and arrive in packs to laugh hysterically at this tribute to “the toughest job you’ll ever love.”

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Cautions

  • Caution Strong Language Strong Language
  • Caution Mild Adult Mild Adult Themes

Details

  • Genre: Not Applicable
  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Cast Attributes: Ensemble Cast
  • Target Audience: Adult, Senior

Authors

Lisa Rafferty

Lisa Rafferty is a director, playwright and producer known in the Boston area for helming plays and musicals at various theater companies and for producing the Elliot Norton Awards. She co-created Finish Line, a documentary play about the 2013 Boston Marathon, with Joey Frang ...

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Sheila Eppolito

Sheila Eppolito's The MOMologues, MOMologues 2: Off to School and MOMologues 3: The Final Push draw on the hilarity and pathos inherent in mothering three (now) teenaged daughters. Before becoming a playwright, Sheila held a variety of communications and writing positions, in ...
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Stefanie Cloutier

Stefanie Cloutier is a writer, performer, and communications professional whose personal life informs her professional one. In addition to co-writing the three MOMologues plays with Lisa Rafferty and Sheila Eppolito, she performed in the first two shows, and is a long-time th ...
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