Call Your Mom's current project, Say You're Sorry, is a multimedia exploration of forgiveness and redemption. From September 2019 through May 2020, we will be developing various aspects of Say You're Sorry at residencies across the country and abroad. In the summer of 2020, we will return to the US to tour our performance and workshop series.
Part of what makes this project so exciting is how the places we travel will inform the nature of the work. So far, it is part performance, part facilitated discussion, and part installation. The Forgivability Scale (workshopped in January 2019 in Baltimore, MD) gives audiences the opportunity to judge actions on a scale from unforgivable to easily atoned and discuss the implications of those judgements. Truce (which premiered at the Janet & Walter Sondheim Prize Semifinalist Exhibition in July 2019) is a screen dance and video installation that challenges viewers to move through conflict without finding resolution. With Hard Feelings: A Show About Grudges (which premiered in Manhattan and Brooklyn in October), we investigated what it means to make, hold, shed, and share a grudge. We will continuously create art that is inclusive of and responsive to the communities in which we work.
By creating Say You're Sorry, Call Your Mom aims to be part of developing a sense of care and deep curiosity around forgiveness. In a world where grudges are plentiful and vulnerability is often equated with weakness, we hope to open up conversations about what it takes to apologize and to forgive.
Your tax-deductible donation will help fund:
-physical materials for Say You're Sorry
-the development of workshop models to bring important discussions about forgiveness to wider audiences
-travel to international residencies in Santiago, Chile (NAVE: Artes Vivas) and Cotacachi, Ecuador (Perfect Storm)
-stipends for artistic collaborators (musicians, stage managers, community organizers)
-venue booking to share the work with US audiences
-general operating costs of running Call Your Mom
Call Your Mom is a 501(c)(3) organization, EIN 83-3423549. All donations are tax deductible. No goods or services are provided in exchange for your contribution.
Part of what makes this project so exciting is how the places we travel will inform the nature of the work. So far, it is part performance, part facilitated discussion, and part installation. The Forgivability Scale (workshopped in January 2019 in Baltimore, MD) gives audiences the opportunity to judge actions on a scale from unforgivable to easily atoned and discuss the implications of those judgements. Truce (which premiered at the Janet & Walter Sondheim Prize Semifinalist Exhibition in July 2019) is a screen dance and video installation that challenges viewers to move through conflict without finding resolution. With Hard Feelings: A Show About Grudges (which premiered in Manhattan and Brooklyn in October), we investigated what it means to make, hold, shed, and share a grudge. We will continuously create art that is inclusive of and responsive to the communities in which we work.
By creating Say You're Sorry, Call Your Mom aims to be part of developing a sense of care and deep curiosity around forgiveness. In a world where grudges are plentiful and vulnerability is often equated with weakness, we hope to open up conversations about what it takes to apologize and to forgive.
Your tax-deductible donation will help fund:
-physical materials for Say You're Sorry
-the development of workshop models to bring important discussions about forgiveness to wider audiences
-travel to international residencies in Santiago, Chile (NAVE: Artes Vivas) and Cotacachi, Ecuador (Perfect Storm)
-stipends for artistic collaborators (musicians, stage managers, community organizers)
-venue booking to share the work with US audiences
-general operating costs of running Call Your Mom
Call Your Mom is a 501(c)(3) organization, EIN 83-3423549. All donations are tax deductible. No goods or services are provided in exchange for your contribution.
We are grateful for the generous support of Harrison Atkins, Lisa Baldwin & Deiter Fischer, Stephen Bergman, Ellen Blackler, Gail Boesel, Bob Cadoux, Louise Aleman Cadoux, Zara Cadoux, Sophie Cameron, Rebecca Colley, Lang DeLancey, Pierre Donahue & Elisa Massimino, Roni Falk, Alex Fitzpatrick, Jewish Federation of Omaha Foundation, Phil Gallo, Meredith Garagiola, David & Wendy Goldberg, Susan Greer, John Harper, Mimi Harrison, Caren Holmes, Linda Hope, Bill & Robin King, Peter Littlejohn, Katya Malison, Frank McNally, David Minton, Beth Morrison, Allen Oberhauser, Oscar & Rosa Ortiz, Cynthia Gorman Rider, Liz Clayton Scofield, Eboni Sellers, David Sloan, Casha Stempniewicz, Helen Stewart, Joan Susie, Susan Tuberville, Bob & Kim Wilson, Lisa Wilson, Sarah Wilson, and Coletta Youngers.