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The MOMologues

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  4w

This original comedy about motherhood rips away the gauzy mask of parenthood to reveal what all mothers know but don’t always talk about: it’s overwhelming and exhausting, but also very, very funny.

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    4w
  • Duration
    Duration
    90 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Not Applicable
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Senior

Details

Summary

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.”

History
The MOMologues was originally presented at the ICA Theatre in Boston on May 3, 2002. The production was directed by Lisa Rafferty.
Cast Attributes
The cast calls for 4 moms, reading between the ages of 25 - 40, any type or ethnicity.

The cast calls for 4 moms, reading between the ages of 25 - 40, any type or ethnicity.

  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Additional Features Play w/ Music
  • Duration 90 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Strong Language
    • Mild Adult Themes

Media

“Edgy, funny and true.” – Showcase Magazine

“The show is about the ups and downs of motherhood; what binds mothers together, not what sets them apart... edgy, funny and true.” – Showcase Magazine

“At the show we caught Saturday, the audience frequently exploded in laughter.” – The Boston Globe

“Reveals the funny, secretive side of having kids!” – Parents & Kids Magazine

ON BREAKING CHARACTER

Finding the Funny in Motherhood (Parenthood!)
by Lisa Rafferty
May 3, 2019

Music

  • Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: $110 per performance

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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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