inal, the show tends to attract writers and bloggers but, as Margolin says, there are no prerequisites to being chosen for the cast. “We’re not looking for a resume,” says Margolin. “We’re looking for stories that resonate for one reason or another. It’s not about structure. It’s about soul.” Original cast member Jen Mann is accustomed to a large number of readers on her blog, but she’d never before read her work out loud in front of a crowd. When she writes on her blog, she says, she decides what is funny; reading in front of an audience let them tell her, through their laughter, what they thought was funny. “The show was amazing,” says Rita Arens, who read “Halfway,” “but I was more moved by how quickly I felt intimately connected to my fellow cast members. We’re all now friends and I haven’t made so many new friends so quickly in years. I think it was the intimacy of what we shared.” A friend nudged Lambeth-Kohlmeyer to audition last year, and she did so without even researching the show. Once she’d sent in her submission, she headed to the show’s YouTube channel and spent hours watching videos. “I laughed until I nearly peed,” she says. “I was hooked. I laughed, cried and blubbered and I knew that I had to be a part of this. When I read in the show last year, I was forever changed.” Guthrie says she felt compelled to audition and then join the production team because she believes that motherhood deserves a voice. Margolin agrees, saying she most loves the
purity of the Listen to Your Mother Show message. “All we need is a podium, a microphone and the stories. That’s it,” she says. “It’s a chance to change lives because we’ve put these stories out there, and it’s an opportunity for me to stretch myself, meet incredible new people and hear stories that will change my heart. How could I not want to do it again?”
Show Time! May 3 7:30 p.m. Unity Temple on the Plaza. To meet the cast, purchase tickets and learn more about Listen to Your Mother: Kansas City, visit ListenToYourMotherShow.com/ KansasCity.
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