By John Moore
Jan. 20, 2013
Here are some bonus images from my night visiting the cast of The Avenue Theater’s “Motherhood Out Loud,” a series of comic and poignant vignettes authored by 14 writers from the fields of journalism, fiction, TV and theater. Starring Mehry Eslaminia, Megan Heffernan, Jane Shirley, Cindy Laudadio-Hill, LuAnn Buckstein and Jeff Kosloski. Directed by Robert Wells. Through Feb. 23 at 417 E. 17th Ave., 303-321-5925 or www.avenuetheater.com. Photos by John Moore.
To see the official 2013 photo series bringing you one intimate, iconic snapshots from more than a dozen Colorado opening nights (so far), click here.
Click here to subscribe to the CultureWest.org Monthly E-Newsletter
Actors (from left) Mehry Eslaminia, Megan Heffernan, Jane Shirley, Cindy Laudadio-Hill, LuAnn Buckstein and Jeff Kosloski, have their official, opening-night iPhone portrait clicked by Avenue Theater director of operations Colin Elliott. Photo by John Moore.
Megan Heffernan and Jane Shirley run through a scene before the opening-night audience is let in.
LuAnn Buckstein, Mehry Eslaminia and Jane Shirley run through a scene before the opening-night audience is let in.
Mehry Eslaminia makes final backstage preparations.
Director Robert Wells has final advice for actor Cindy Laudadio-Hill.
John Elway makes an appearance – sort of – in “Motherhood Out Loud.” That’s Jane Shirley at the mirror.
Director Robert Wells addresses the opening-night audience.
The opening-night curtain call.
At the opening-night talkback, several audience members cited an emotional connection to a scene involving a mother who sends her son off to war.
The opening-night audience talkback.
The opening-night audience talkback.
The opening-night audience talkback.
Actor Mehry Eslaminia is greeted by her mother and grandmother after the opening-night performance.
