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Stretch Marks

Drama Mamas
review by Robert Avila in SF Bay Guardian November 19, 2003

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StretchMarks: Growing into Motherhood

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The felicitous arrival of a mother's first born – not necessarily what the brochure would lead you to believe. For a better idea of what's to come, or to commiserate with those who understand all too well, there's the Drama Mamas (Christine Armand DiBiasi, Christine Garofoli, Sarah Cluff, and Jodi Schiller) and their light but soulful comedy celebrating "the joy and the madness of mothering." Three very different personalities – Leda, the artist (DiBiasi); Saundra, the businesswoman (Garofoli); and Annie, the nurse (Deborah Banks) – are first-time moms in the same prenatal yoga class, and over the next several years support one another with an understanding that transcends differences of class and temperament. In addition, Mother Nature (Anna Melillo) jumps in with the kind of experience you can't buy. While the script can prove jarringly uneven, director Alice Shikina strikes a nice overall balance between the show's humor – some of it predictable, some of it fresh – and the emotionally cogent portraits intelligently drawn by DiBiasi, Garofoli, and Banks. (Avila)
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