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Mother’s Milk and Moon Cookies
By Rev. Bonnie Tarwater
A three act play with music about a woman who experiences a raising of consciousness while surviving domestic violence. She has a dream and is visited by 13 goddesses from the world religions. They gather in Assisi Italy, for “The First Goddess Pot Luck Party” reminiscent of Leonardo De Vinci’s famous painting, “The Last Supper.” Frances of Assisi is their host and the guest list includes, Grand Mother Mary, Our Lady of Guadalupe, The Black Madonna, a Tibetan Buddhist- Green Tara, a Hindu goddess- Shakti, Hagar from the Bible-the Mother of Mohammed, Mary Magdalene, Joan of Arc aged thirteen, the General Sherman Tree one of the largest living creatures on earth, a mother Polar Bear, Sally Ride first woman in space, the first ordained women in America, Rev. Antoinette Brown Blackwell and Shekinah, an owl named Sophia. They eat, pray, sing, dance, talk about theology, tell jokes, and for a special party treat, Sally Ride takes them all for a ride to the moon where they see their oneness with all of creation and share a new kind of communion with the audience,
Mother’s Milk and Moon Cookies.
This interactive multimedia play includes well known gospel and contemporary music and the audience isinvited to sing along. Rev. Bonnie will direct this play in workshop with women from the world religions inviting everyone to enjoy meaningful, playful, and celebratory interfaith dialogue, friendship and religious exploration.
Rev. Bonnie Tarwater worked in the professional theater as an actress, director and teacher and has a Masters of Fine Art from the American Conservatory Theater and a Masters of Divinity from Claremont School of Theology. She has served both Unitarian Universalist and United Church of Christ churches as a parish minister where she brings the creative process both for spiritual practice as well as community building.
RevTarwater@yahoo.com,www.RevBonnieTarwater.com, (858) 248-5123
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