World Premier: Sandra Tsing Loh's One-Woman Comedy Mother on Fire
24th Street Theatre (1117 W. 24th Street Los Angeles, CA 90007)
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S. Craig
Perfectly staged, over the top, but spot on take on parental hysteria over kindergarten placement in LA in modern times. First rate!!!Written on Jan 23 2006
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manic comedy and comments on life in LA. Hysterical! The theater is a real find.Written on Mar 06 2006
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More Information About Mother on Fire
Quotes & Highlights
- "In short, Mother on Fire is vintage (Sandra Tsing) Loh, and, therefore, not to be missed." - Los Angeles Daily News
- "A distinctive voice, Loh parlays the minutiae of her urban experience into big laughs." - Los Angeles Times
- "(Sandra Tsing Loh's) honesty and her ability to make the audience feel as though she's conversing with one person and not 100 is why Loh's performance works so well." - Backstage West
Description
24th Street Theatre, Modern Artists Company and Frier McCollister proudly present Mother on Fire, written and performed by Sandra Tsing Loh and directed by David Schweizer with Bart DeLorenzo.
Sandra Tsing Loh is a formerly sane person who became a mother. Not just a mother, a mother in Los Angeles.
Suddenly, a relaxed purposeless life swilling cosmos has been transformed into an epic quest through such burning trials as skyrocketing real estate, epidemic peanut allergies and frightening public schools surrounded by chainlink fence within which rabid mountain lions roam (at least that was the first impression).
A show for hysterical Los Angeles parents and those who must put up with them.
Produced by Debbie Devine, Jay McAdams and Frier McCollister.
Production Credits:
Associate Producer - Ying Le
Lighting Designer - Michael Gend
Scenic Designer - Jerry Buszek
Sound Designer - John Zalewski
Video Designer - Michael Masucci
Production Stage Manager - Michelle Ganino
Press Representative - Ken Werther Publicity
SANDRA TSING LOH (Writer/Performer) Her last solo show seen in Los Angeles was "Sugar Plum Fairy" at the Geffen Playhouse (also seen at Seattle Rep and San Jose Rep). Her other shows include "Aliens in America" and "Bad Sex With Bud Kemp" (which both ran off-Broadway at Second Stage), and "I Worry" (Woolly Mammoth Theatre at the Kennedy Center, Actor's Theatre of Louisville, Santa Fe Stages). Loh's books include A Year in Van Nuys, Aliens in America, Depth Takes a Holiday, and a novel, If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home By Now, which was named by the LA Times as one of the 100 best fction books of 1998. Her story My Father's Chinese Wives received a 1997 Pushcart Prize and was featured in the 1999 Norton Anthology of Short Fiction. She and her husband Mike Miller composed the music for Jessica Yu's documentary short "Breathing Lessons," which won an Oscar in 1998. Sandra has been a regular commentator on NPR's "Morning Edition" and on Ira Glass' "This American Life;" currently, her weekly segment "The Loh Life" is heard on KPCC and her monthly segment "The Loh Down" is heard on American Public Media's "Marketplace." Sandra is currently a contributing editor for The Atlantic Monthly.