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Thank you, OC Theatre Guild’s reporter Dana Hammer for this beautifully written profile on Cry It Out.

 

Dana eloquently describes realizing the moment she was something she had never been before – a Mom…and not the kind of pencil skirt, expensive stroller mom she told herself she would be. Instead, she was an everyday mom…an exhausted…normal…mom.

 

“‘Cry It Out’ explores the challenges of modern motherhood with wit and warmth”

“Cry It Out — which is playing at Chance Theater from April 1st to May 1st, 2022 — is a play that examines new motherhood in all its messy, undignified glory. It also explores the importance of female friendship and the need that new mothers have for help”

“all mothers can relate to these struggles, including the women involved in the Chance’s production of this play. Cry it Out is written by a woman, Molly Smith Metzler, and directed by a woman, Elina de Santos. This combination is still a rarity in theatre, but for a play dealing with motherhood, it’s essential. Both the writer and director are mothers themselves, and as such are especially qualified to handle the subject matter in a way that is sensitive, funny, and true.”

“Aubrey Saverino (who plays Jessie, the main character) says: ‘I relate to my character so very much. When I read the character description I went — that’s me! She’s a mother who loves her child fiercely, and she’s also struggling to understand who she is in the world now that she’s had a baby — what is her relationship to her job, to her partner, to her friends. All things that I think many new parents grapple with after they have a kid.'”

“Basically, you need to see this play if you’re a mother, or a person who has a mother. Not only will it provide some catharsis for parents everywhere, it will help open up a dialogue about what parenting is like in our society, and what we want it to be like.

“And you know what else they need? A babysitter, and a night out at the Chance Theater.”