“YA MAMA!” FEATURED IN HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL

Ya Mama!

Contact: Nina Domingue
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 330-822-8464

Ya Mama! performs June 21st and June 23rd

PRICES: All tickets are $15

WHERE: Thymele Arts, (Shirley Dawn Dance Studio, and Conference Room, 5481 Santa Monica Blvd)

WHEN: June 21st @ 7:30 p.m. (dance studio)
June 23rd @ 6:30 p.m. (conference room)
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“YA MAMA!” FEATURED IN HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL

Cleveland, OH — April 27, 2018 —“YA MAMA! is a richly woven tapestry of love, loss, strength and spirituality, beautifully written and exquisitely performed by the phenomenally gifted Nina Domingue, who jumps from the comedic to the dramatic to the poetic in an eye-blink as she inhabits a seemingly endless parade of sometimes mean, sometimes loving, sometimes wacky characters—or rather, real people from her life, past and present…Domingue, an eloquent artist of more colors than Crayola, and who has the refined skill of someone twice her age at least, does not merely unveil the darkest times of her life, but enlightens as well, telling a moving tale that pulled me in. Her story, chiefly surrounding issues of motherhood—her mother’s suicide as a very young child, her love/hate relationship with her father’s second wife, the full-of-life aunts who eventually took her (and her sister) in, and finally, the joys and challenges of being a mother herself—are fascinating and tender and funny, and one with which I could—somehow—relate. While my upbringing was different from her upbringing and while I will never be a mother, so much was universal…” Andrew Rothkin, nytheatre.com

Written by Nina Domingue and directed by Nathan Henry Lilly, “YA MAMA” premiered in January of 2011 in the BIG [Box] performance series at Cleveland Public Theatre, a venue known for presenting bold and adventurous theater. Yearly, Big [BOX] provides local artists with a nurturing and supportive environment to self-produce their work.

In addition to Ya Mama! Domingue has other celebrated solo pieces, Mo Pas Conin and Wade in the Water, set in her native New Orleans and A Jewel of a Tale, recently performed as part of the Cleveland Playhouse Children’s Series. She made her Off-Broadway and National Black Theater Festival Debuts in a piece entitled “It Hasn’t Always Been This Way” by Ntozake Shange, directed by Diane McIntyre and produced by Woodie King, Jr.

Nathan Lilly is currently the Director of Production at Karamu House, Inc. Also known as an actor, choreographer, and composer. Directing credits include: Passing Strange (Karamu), Cut Flowers (Karamu), 519 Miles (Station Hope @CPT)

MORE INFO: Visit www.hollywoodfringe.org, look up “shows” and type “Ya Mama!” the first listed on that page, click the date you want to attend.