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Yo' Mama!
Center for Creative Play
April 29 - May 15, 2004

A provocative new comedy about modern motherhood. Six women in a post-natal yoga class take you on a one-hour roller coaster ride through sleepless nights, first words, and orgasms that no mother, son, or daughter should miss.

YO' Mama! runs April 29 – May 15, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2pm; Sunday, May 9th, Mother's Day will show at 7pm only (no 2pm matinee). Tickets are $15. To buy tickets click here or call ProArts ticketing at 412-394-3353. For Information about KidsVIP Babysitting services for Saturday evening performances at the Center for Creative Play call (412) 371-1668 xt. 1013.

Writer and director Heather Arnet is working with choreographer Mary Miller and a talented cast of actors featuring Vanessa German, Mary Harvey, Melissa Martin, Tonia Steed, and Adrienne Wehr for this Pittsburgh run of Yo' Mama! She has also partnered with The Center for Creative Play for the venue of this run.

The Center for Creative Play, located just off Braddock Avenue in Regent Square, is a national leader in inclusive play and play environments. Known locally to parents in Pittsburgh as the best place to take the kids on a snowy day, the Center houses a beautiful state of the art multi-purpose performance space where concerts, family and adult entertainment are presented. It is in this space that the play will be performed. When asked about Yo' Mama, Mara Kaplan, Chief Executive Officer and Founding Parent of the Center was understandably enthusiastic, "We are very excited to partner with Heather in presenting Yo' Mama! We are thrilled to be able to offer theatrical programming in our performance space. We want to encourage local artists, arts patrons, and parents to use our space as an entertainment destination in the evenings."

This collaboration takes site-specific theatre to a whole new level. Yo'Mama!, written and directed by Arnet after the birth of her son, sets six new mothers in a post-natal yoga class where they share honest, humorous, sexy, and irreverent tales of parenthood as they move continuously in and out of yoga postures. As the Center for Creative Play is a popular destination for parents and families and as its downstairs neighbor is Fitness Yoga - where people can take pre and post-natal yoga classes - the play is easily at home in its new location.