Overview
Three moms, a stay-at-home dad, and a nanny watch their kids play at Mommy-Baby Meetup. One mom is the queen bee and one is here to shake things up. The dad just wants to fit in, and the nanny doesn’t say a word. When catastrophe comes, the five of them have to figure out how to survive a war and each other. MOTHERS examines the primal heartache of raising children in a disintegrating world.
Casting & Production
Casting
The Old Friends
VICK — 30s, Black American
MEG — 30s, Asian American
The New Friend
ARIANA — 30s, Black American
The Nanny
GLADYS — 40s, immigrant, speaks with accented English (from a developing country)
The One Dad
TY — 30s/40s, White American
Setting
ACT ONE
A Gymboree-style playroom.
ACT TWO
Same location, a few hours after Act One.
Four months transpire during Act Two.
Reviews
“Moench sees deep connections between the way we blinker ourselves in our children’s names and the catastrophe we are leaving them.”
—Time Out
“This is powerful storytelling.”
—Chicago Stage and Screen
“Lord of the Flies for the 21st Century.”
—Chicago Theatre Review
