About BOLD Cast and Crew Performance Shedule Red Tent Birth Fair Sponsors

BOLD, Birth on Labor Day, inspires communities around the world to use the Arts to create a new women-centered global culture around birth. Performances of Karen Brody’s play Birth take place during the month of September every year. Birth, a play telling eight true stories of powerful low-risk women giving birth in the United States, is one event that supports this BOLD movement. "Birth" is a critically acclaimed play based on interviews by playwright Karen Brody conducted with mothers across America, who gave birth between 2000-2004. It tells the true stories of 8 women, painting a portrait of how low-risk, educated women are giving birth in America today. The performance will be followed by a talkback session, which will include a panel of birth professionals. This session will facilitate an interactive discussion on local and national birthing issues. The event will also include a Red Tent event in which women can gather and share their birth stories and a Birth Fair for maternity and mother-friendly organizations and professionals to reach out and share their information with our community. This is an independently produced, fundraising and awareness-raising benefit production of "Birth". Proceeds will be donated to the International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN) of Gainesville. ICAN's mission is to improve maternal-child health by preventing unnecessary cesareans through education, providing support for cesarean recovery and promoting Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC). With your help, Gainesville will become one of many cities around the world organizing productions of "Birth" as part of BOLD 2008 (www.boldaction.org). BOLD (Birth on Labor Day) is a global movement to make maternity care mother-friendly, raise awareness about maternity care issues, raise money for organizations working to make maternity care mother-friendly, and validate mother's birth experiences in all communities worldwide. We are looking for volunteers and sponsors for our September 1st, 2008 benefit production of Karen Brody's play "Birth" and Red Tent and Birth Fair events. For more information: E-mail or call us at 352-262-6907