This past year, the Angel’s Theatre Salon Reading Series has focused on celebrating “wild women across the theatre.” The next reading is on Sunday, May 5, 2 p.m., at the Unitarian Church of Lincoln, 6300 A St. These short plays are free and open to the public.
Ann Bella Eema
by Lisa D'Amour
Directed by Deanna Walz
The Story:
Ten-year-old Anna Bella and her hermetic mother Irene live in a ratty trailer on the edge of town. When their trailer park is slated for demolition because of interstate highway expansion, Irene refuses to leave. In this moment of crisis, Anna Bella creates a new girl out of the mud behind their trailer home. This mud-girl helps Anna Bella and Irene channel the supernatural and face the life they must live in the world outside their trailer home. A richly imagined tale of a fierce mother/daughter bond, spoken and sung by three women.