Mother Jones Takes to the Stage

[Omaha Steve]

http://blog.aflcio.org/2010/09/05/mother-jones-takes-to-the-stage/

by Mike Hall, Sep 5, 2010


“Eighty years after her death, Mother Jones’ howl for safe mines and responsible corporations still echoes,” writes LA Weekly’s Amy Nicholson in a review of the play, “The Most Dangerous Woman in America: Machine Guns, Coal Dust, Mother Jones and the Making of the American Dream.”



Written by David Christie and performed by Actors’ Equity (AEA) member Therese Diekhans, the one-woman drama won the Best Solo Show award at the Hollywood Fringe festival in June.

It’s now set for two more performances in Everett, Wash., (just a 26-mile shot from Seattle, straight up I-5) next weekend, Sept. 11 and 12. The performances are half-price for union members and free for union members on strike (location info here).

Writing in the LA Theater Review, Kat Primeau says Diekhans’ charming, studied performance:

playfully brings to life 15 characters, from children mill workers to John D. Rockefeller, as the audience learns the true cost of Big Business cost-cutting in early 20th century mining towns. Mother Jones’ rallying speeches on apathy and revolution are particularly poignant amidst contemporary woes.

Visit Diekhans’ website here: http://www.theresediekhans.webs.com/

[Cirque du So-What]

1. Just a thought...

I wish a film producer would make a movie of this one-woman play in order that people all over the country could have access to it.

[prairierose]

2. I agree with you... I sure would like to see it but...

I won't be on the west coast any time soon.