Mothering by Deepa Purohit Cast She1 She2 Casting Note: This play should be cast with people who self-identify as women of color. Their origins can vary. The writer and director should be in conversation about the casting. Performance Note: This piece should be performed at least three times in a row. It can be staged as a play with a live audience or a “sound play” performed live or recorded for a live audience that is “distanced”, or live, in the room. Each time the play is performed it should be different. The director can interpret “different” in many ways. For example: It can be a play performed in whispers or shouts or intimate or distanced conversation or a combination of all of these, or some other form. Sound can vary. There are moments of silence marked in the script. The performances may also play with silence in ways that are not marked in the script. There are many more options. These are just examples. The writer and the director should be in conversation about what “different” means to them in that moment of conceptualizing the performance. *** It’s dark. Sometimes there is light. Like a streak of light or a flashing of light. But mostly, it’s dark. There is a staircase
Some audible Vi^^^bra^^^tions. Then Stillness. She1: What are you observing? She2: Nothing. Can’t see a thing. She1: Right. I mean. She2: What? She1: Maybe inside. She2: Inside? She1: Tummy’s rumbling. Maybe bread today.
Silence.