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BOLD Denver: BIRTH a play by Karen Brody

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Contributed by: Miranda Cacek and Carrie Hankins on 8/15/2007

What:

Karen Brody's play, BIRTH, tells the true story of eight powerful women giving birth in America today. Moving between first-person monologues, dialog, and the voices these women heard on the day they gave birth, BIRTH confronts the "naked truth about birthing in America."

"Birth" was born of Karen Brody's interviews of real women across the US about their birth experiences between 2000-2004. What has resulted of these interviews is a vivid, colorful, and true portrait of how low risk women give birth in the US.

In the play we meet 8 vastly different women from different backgrounds, with a few things in common: they are educated individuals, and they feel the desire for more than the current maternity care system allowed them.

After every performance of Karen Brody's play Birth, audience members are invited to stay and discuss, learn and share their reaction to the performance, their feelings about birth, and how things can change for the better.

Notes

All proceeds from ticket sales(minus service fees) go to support the Mother's Milk Bank (http://www.bestfedbabies.org) and International Midwife Assistance http://www.midwifeassist.org).
If you would like to make an additional donation, please visit our website for more information.
http://www.freewebs.com/denverbold2007
http://www.birthonlaborday.com

Where:

The Mercury Cafe 2199 California St ;Denver CO 80205

When:

7:30 pm

Event Dates:

This event takes place on 9/1/2007.

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