{"id":2181,"date":"2013-06-24T12:41:43","date_gmt":"2013-06-24T19:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cohoproductions.org\/old\/?p=2181"},"modified":"2015-11-10T13:22:52","modified_gmt":"2015-11-10T21:22:52","slug":"up-next-my-mind-is-like-an-open-meadow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cohoproductions.org\/old\/archives\/up-next-my-mind-is-like-an-open-meadow\/","title":{"rendered":"Up Next: My Mind Is Like An Open Meadow"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Drammy committee fell in love with Erin Leddy and the grandmother she portrayed in her solo performance “My Mind Is Like an Open Meadow.” Here she is accepting the award for Outstanding Production.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The voice of an elderly actress commands the stage, crackling to life through a radio control station operated by her granddaughter…<\/i><\/p>\n

In 2001, Hand2Mouth ensemble member Erin Leddy lived with her grandmother, Sarah Braverman, for a year and recorded her memoirs. Sarah worked as an actress in Boston, Manhattan, and upstate New York from the 1930s until the 1990s and the tapes Erin recorded form the bones of an emotionally explosive solo performance.\u00a0My Mind Is Like An Open Meadow<\/em>\u00a0is a celebration of the connection between two separate generations of theatre performers.<\/p>\n

“An ambitious, sophisticated 65-minute show that uses just about every theatrical tool from music to dance to imaginative sound design – a brave, smart, and beautifully tender piece of work!” –\u00a0TheaterMania<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

“Affecting and dreamlike – an oddity to be treasured!” –\u00a0New York Post<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

“Cleverly conceived and deelply felt – a captivatingly creative show. Truly something different!” –\u00a0Blog Critics<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

“A hip, young experimental theater troupe, with the kind of promise, fearlessness and energy that American Theater needs and should encourage!” –\u00a0The Seattle Times<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cLeddy is a superb performer, but what made the piece so compelling was the subtlety of its composition. To explore epistemological issues in this way takes skill; to reveal their potentially deep emotional underpinnings is something quite extraordinary” –\u00a0Seattle Post-Intelligencer<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201c…as immersive and compelling as anything I’ve experienced\u201d –\u00a0Willamette Week<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The running time of\u00a0My Mind Is Like An Open Meadow<\/strong>\u00a0is 65 minutes without an intermission.
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