Snake Talk: Urgent Messages from the Mother
Back by popular demand! February 24 - April 2, 2000
“Snake Talk uncoils with wit, bite and panache”
— Los Angeles Times
“In this well-hewn and exceptional performance (Newman) can foment uproarious laughter or sudden and deep anguish” — The Chapel Hill Newspaper
Created by Naomi Newman in collaboration with Martha Boesing
Performed by Naomi Newman
Three resilient, timeless women come to life in Naomi Newman’s sensationally popular Snake Talk: Urgent Messages from the Mother—a passionate poet, a Jewish immigrant mother and a feisty street crone. Newman’s contemporary versions of the mythical Three Fates muse, tell stories, joke, sing and dance as they tackle the issues of jealousy, aging, death, child abuse, and the theft of women’s power and sacred teachings
