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All My Mothers by Shelli Pentimall Bookler About the PlaySophie&rsquo;s days are dedicated to the rehabilitation and care of injured or abandoned sea creatures. She is searching for a sense of connection by finding her birth father while navigating relationships with her birth mother, an almost Olympian who has never quite warmed to anyone, adoptive mother in danger of losing her neighborhood restaurant, and mother in law who can&rsquo;t seem to sit still. Through her journey to heal her sense of abandonment, she finds renewed strength &nbsp;in the community around her. CastSophie - Elizabeth Clarkin-BreslinAdele - Bobbi Block&nbsp;Doris - Lauren Rozensky-Flanagan&nbsp;Ellen - Jen Trimble &nbsp; Director: Lorraine Barrett About the PlaywrightShelli Pentimall Bookler holds an M.F.A. in Playwriting from Temple University and an M.A. in Theatre Arts from Eastern Michigan University. Productions of her full length plays include the musical Snyder v Phelps, Addicted, All the Dead Biddles and Bird in the Window. Short plays featured in play festivals include &nbsp;Committed (Montgomery Theatre, the Brick Playhouse), Decision (Village Players of Hatboro), Jugs (Colonial Playhouse), Global (Heartlande Theatre Company), and Vanity, featured in Seeds of Spring, A Night of Feminist Performance Art. She was the New American Voices Playwriting Series finalist, Midwest Dramatist Center&rsquo;s Playwriting Conference finalist, American Association of Community Theatre semi-finalist, Dayton Playhouse PlayFest finalist and winner of audience favorite and completed a residency with Out of the Box Theatrics in New York City. She is a member of The Dramatist Guild, Philadelphia Dramatist Center, and the Witherspoon Circle as well as an actor, director, dramaturg and choreographer in Philadelphia. About the SeriesThe Media Arts Council (MAC) Play Reading Series was created by playwrights Julie Zaffarano, Dave Ebersole, and Keenya Jackson, in partnership with the MAC to create a space for local playwrights to hear their work read by talented actors and receive feedback from a public audience. The only regular new play reading series in the area, it brings exciting new stories to Delaware County. Playwrights, actors, and directors who are interested in being involved in the series should Dave Ebersole at daveebersole25@gmail.com, Keenya Jackson at keenyajackson@gmail.com, or Julie Zaffarano at juliezaffarano.gmail.com. Due to the limited budget for this project, we are unable to offer actors or directors a stipend through the MAC.

All My Mothers by Shelli Pentimall Bookler About the PlaySophie’s days are dedicated to the rehabilitation and care of injured or abandoned sea creatures. She is searching for a sense of connection by finding her birth father while navigating relationships with her birth mother, an almost Olympian who has never quite warmed to anyone, adoptive mother in danger of losing her neighborhood restaurant, and mother in law who can’t seem to sit still. Through her journey to heal her sense of abandonment, she finds renewed strength  in the community around her. CastSophie - Elizabeth Clarkin-BreslinAdele - Bobbi Block Doris - Lauren Rozensky-Flanagan Ellen - Jen Trimble   Director: Lorraine Barrett About the PlaywrightShelli Pentimall Bookler holds an M.F.A. in Playwriting from Temple University and an M.A. in Theatre Arts from Eastern Michigan University. Productions of her full length plays include the musical Snyder v Phelps, Addicted, All the Dead Biddles and Bird in the Window. Short plays featured in play festivals include  Committed (Montgomery Theatre, the Brick Playhouse), Decision (Village Players of Hatboro), Jugs (Colonial Playhouse), Global (Heartlande Theatre Company), and Vanity, featured in Seeds of Spring, A Night of Feminist Performance Art. She was the New American Voices Playwriting Series finalist, Midwest Dramatist Center’s Playwriting Conference finalist, American Association of Community Theatre semi-finalist, Dayton Playhouse PlayFest finalist and winner of audience favorite and completed a residency with Out of the Box Theatrics in New York City. She is a member of The Dramatist Guild, Philadelphia Dramatist Center, and the Witherspoon Circle as well as an actor, director, dramaturg and choreographer in Philadelphia. About the SeriesThe Media Arts Council (MAC) Play Reading Series was created by playwrights Julie Zaffarano, Dave Ebersole, and Keenya Jackson, in partnership with the MAC to create a space for local playwrights to hear their work read by talented actors and receive feedback from a public audience. The only regular new play reading series in the area, it brings exciting new stories to Delaware County. Playwrights, actors, and directors who are interested in being involved in the series should Dave Ebersole at daveebersole25@gmail.com, Keenya Jackson at keenyajackson@gmail.com, or Julie Zaffarano at juliezaffarano.gmail.com. Due to the limited budget for this project, we are unable to offer actors or directors a stipend through the MAC.

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MAC Original Playreading Series: All My Mothers by Shelli Pentimall Bookler

302 S Jackson St

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