What's
Yo' Mama! All About?
Yo' Mama!, written by Heather
Arnet, premiered at Three
Rivers Arts Festival in
Pittsburgh, PA in June
2003. Because of its sell
out success at the festival
it received two grants,
one from the Pennsylvania
Council on the Arts, and
the other from the Sprout
Fund, to launch another
production in Pittsburgh. Now,
we plan to take Yo' Mama! national.
It is our goal to have
a reading or production in every
state of the union for Mother's
Day 2005. Each local producer
will be asked to select a local
(or national) non-profit organization
whose mission is to enhance
the lives of women or girls,
to receive a percentage
of proceeds from box office sales.
The goal of Yo' Mama! is
to entertain but also to pay
tribute to the diverse women
who call themselves mothers.
Before we were mothers we were
women with desires, and goals,
and passions. And now that we
are mothers we still are! The
play presents women who are funny,
career driven, sexy, witty, strong,
and they also all happen
to be moms too. It is our goal
to bring this message to women
(and men) all over the country
so as to broaden our definition
of who mothers are and
what they can dream about and
desire and become. We also hope
on the way to provide a number
of laughs and a few amen sisters!