My Mother Once Read

09/17/2024

Check out “Hundred Acre Park” in the Broad Street Review!

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Part of the Cannonball Kids series, a Winnie the Pooh production attempts to transcend the limits of a Philadelphia urban park. Helen Walsh reviews.

08/08/2024

Hello Forest Friends!

Check out our Gofundme for “Hundred Acre Park”.

Funds will help with artist pay, puppet materials, and more! We are a small collective of young artist taking on our biggest show yet. Tickets are FREE so any bit of honey helps!

https://gofund.me/1e4965d1

06/05/2024

Introducing My Mother Once Read’s first musical “Hundred Acre Park” 🍯

Get lost with Pooh, Piglet, and the gang in this folksy musical retelling of A.A. Milne’s classic Winnie-the-Pooh tale, with puppets! The Hundred Acre Wood becomes a “Hundred Acre Park”, adapted for today’s young ones growing up in an age of climate change and urban sprawl.

To be presented with the Philadelphia Fringe and Cannonball Festival.

Want to be apart of all the fun? We are CASTING! Click the link for a google form in our bio for all the details!

“Hundred Acre Park”
Books and Lyrics by Rose Farrell
Music and Arrangement by Olivia Berkson

Director and Co- Producer: Ava Kepple
Co- Producer: Rose Farrell
Music Director: Olivia Berkson
Environment Consultant: Alani Rose

11/02/2023

10/19/2023

The Bugs are Back! Join us this weekend at Nest !

08/19/2023

06/27/2023

As part of Cannonball Festival and Philadelphia Fringe Festival this year we will be premiering BugBoro!

Come visit Bugboro, the buzziest, busiest bug colony this side of the Schuylkill, and meet the big personalities of a tiny community. Through immersive free roam storytelling and sensory activities children will get to join the town themselves, learning what it means to be part of a community.

Performances will be at Liberty Lands (913 N 3rd St Philadelphia, PA 19123) on September 10th and 23rd at 11:30 am and September 24th at 1:00 pm!

Event is Pay What You Can!

06/27/2023

Based in Philadelphia, My Mother Once Read... is a traveling children's theatre company providing theatrical experiences to bring you closer to the little ones in your life. Through this connection and focusing on accessibility, we aim to create experiences for families of all kinds.