Contact/Booking Information
ROSE WEAVER
3825 Dunn Drive
Culver City, CA 90232
Phone: 310-558-8385
Fax: 310-558-1543
Cell: 310-916-6804
Email: rweaver315@yahoo.com
Other email: roseweaver@roseweaver.com
General Information
Rose Weaver's Menopause Mama is an 80-minute or 50-minute theatrical solo performance by Rose Weaver that uses simple production elements for theatres, conferences, conventions, colleges, retreats. See technical information page for set details (.pdf format).
ADDED OPTION:
• Humanities Q&A between the playwright and the audience about the cultural significance of menopause following some performances
• A rite of passage ceremony for girls and women that is cross-generational and cross-cultural.
Two Versions
o 80-Minute Version
o 50-Minute Version
CLIENT LIST:
• Ruth Seaton James Center for the Performing Arts, Hamilton, Bermuda, presented by the Women's Resource Centre
• WRNI National Public Radio with Deborah Becker
• Lawrence and Memorial Hospital, New London CT: opposite Jane Seymour
• American Association of University Women-Rhode Island Chapter
• Brown University Africanist Weekend 2004
• Brown University Learning Community with Dr. Carol Landau
• Johnson & Wales University - Women’s History Month
• Lifespan/Women's Wellness Workshop-Bryant College
• Well Healed Woman Conference: Health, Healing & Humor with Jane Seymour
• Office of Women's Health
• Perishable Theatre
• Planned Parenthood Regional Conference - New England
• Providence College Women's Studies Program
• Rhode Island Coalition of Black Women
• Rhode Island Department of Health - Women’s Health Conference
• Rhode Island State Nurses Association - Health Symposium
• The Greenwich Odeum Theatre, Rhode Island
• The Miriam Hospital/Lifespan Partner - Women’s Wellness Workshop
• The Miriam Hospital/Lifespan Partner -Women’s Cardiac Center
• The United Nurses and Allied Professionals of Rhode Island
Two Options
- 80 minute full theatrical version
- 50 minute version
The two versions can be booked as a performance only or with these options:
o Humanities Q&A between the playwright and the audience about the cultural significance of menopause following the performance
o A Rite of Passage Ceremony for girls and women using drumming, songs, dance, and ritual.
o Health discussion and Q&A following the performance between a panel of healthcare experts and the audience (this can be provided by the client or by the Menopause Mama organization)
Production Requirements
SHOW DESCRIPTION:
The entire play takes place on a single set and is preset at the top of the show with no changes in props or scenery. The one cast member must be able to make entrance and exit from one side of the stage and, possibly, from the house. All songs are performed live. Music and sound effects are pre-recorded on CD.
Set Requirements (.pdf of set information)
PLEASE DIRECT ALL QUESTIONS TO:
ROSE WEAVER - PRODUCER - 310-558-8385 or 310-916-6804
"Rose Weaver's Menopause Mama will take you on a journey that is poignant, funny and inspiring. We can gain strength and support from these stories of midlife women."
Carol Landau, Ph.D, Author, The Complete Book of Menopause and Every Woman's Guide to Good Health, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown Medical School