OVERVIEW
"This woman's not done." - Rose Weaver
Rose Weaver's Menopause Mama is a compelling, cutting edge and often hilarious solo performance play about menopause and aging. Through a variety
of characters and interspersed with signature renditions of new and standard songs, Rose Weaver depicts the struggles, triumphs, tears, and the lighter side of menopause. Weaver also gives a voice to a few men as they grapple with their own midlife changes.
No-one has taken on menopause like this! Weaver's performance sparkles with energy, insight and a courageous take-no-prisoners honesty.
"For too long many women have bitten their tongues about menopause and swept their questions and concerns under the rug," said Weaver, 53. "Menopause Mama is here to tell them we're not buying into society's negative images about growing older. We're wiser, sexier and more fulfilled. And we're not nearly done!"
The beloved star of stage, screen, TV and cabaret has moved audiences to tears and to laughter for close to 30 years. Now she gives a voice to the 41 million women in America who are in various stages of the change of life. Menopause Mama is created using Weaver's own journey into menopause as well as the humorous, poignant, outrageous, heart-warming and very human stories of other women who have successfully -- or not too successfully -- traveled the waters we call "the change."
Rose Weaver has performed in regional theatres, films and on television, has sung solo with her own jazz and blues ensemble and with pops orchestras. She has a BA from Wheaton College, a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from Brown University and is a Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary) from Marymount Manhattan College. Her plays Skips in the Record and Silhouette of a Silhouette are currently under consideration for production. Weaver is a recipient of numerous awards, including a Lucille Lortel Playwriting Award, the Pell Award for Excellence in the Arts, and the RI Foundation's Antonio Cirino Memorial Fellowship and New Works Award 2001.
For more information about Rose Weaver and her work, including a fuller biography and her CV, visit www.roseweaver.com. You can find more information about Menopause Mama at www.menopausemama.com.