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"Exit Cuckoo (nanny in motherland)" - Presented by Ubuntu Theater Project

"Exit Cuckoo (nanny in motherland)"
by Lisa Ramirez
directed by Michael Moran

Ubuntu Theater Project is proud to continue its inaugural season by featuring the WEST COAST PREMIERE of "Exit Cuckoo (nanny in motherland") written and performed by award-winning playwright Lisa Ramirez, who recently won the prestigious Helen Merrill Playwriting Award and current resident playwright with the Playwright's Foundation.

"Exit Cuckoo" is a one-woman show performed by the critically acclaimed actress and playwright, Lisa Ramirez. Ramirez journeys through the looking glass of a divided country in which the essence of motherhood is being sacrificed on both sides of the economic divide. Lisa Ramirez exemplifies the war being fought between modernity and humanity's most sacred responsibility of child rearing.

Lisa Ramirez uses the lens of a Latina nanny in the upper east side of NYC to share this true account of the challenges women still face in motherhood -- how mothers of extreme wealth often face existential crises they expect their nanny's to solve for their children and how immigrant mothers are leaving their children in developing countries to nanny in the United States. This play reveals the private and incessant entrapment women still struggle with as they face the ultimatum between child rearing and pursuing their careers, how the line between nannying and mothering is maddeningly thin, and how women are too often forced into relating to one another solely based upon socio-economic status and the humanity that is sacrificed therein.

*Please note:
- Run time is 90 minutes with no intermission
- Tickets are general admission and seating is not assigned.
- The house opens approximately 30 minutes before showtime.
- On SOLD OUT nights if you arrive more than 5 MINUTES AFTER the show is scheduled to start, your seat may be given up to individuals on the waitlist.

When:

Thu 2/11 @ 8:00pm Preview
Fri 2/12 @ 8:00pm Opening Night
Sat 2/13 @ 8:00pm
Sun 2/14 @ 6:00pm

Thu 2/18@ 8:00pm
Fri 2/19 @ 8:00pm
Sat 2/20 @ 8:00pm
Sun 2/21 @ 6:00pm

Thu 2/25 @ 8:00pm
Fri 2/26 @ 8:00pm
Sat 2/27 @ 8:00pm
Sun 2/28 @ 6:00pm - Closing Night

Where: The Blueprint
439 International Blvd
Oakland, CA 94606

Tickets: $15-$35 online; pay-what-you-can at the door

For more information call (510)-646-1126 or visit www.ubuntutheaterproject.com.

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The Blueprint (View)
439 International Blvd
Oakland, CA 94606
United States

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