Loved this play since I first saw it live in 2019. Moench does a great job of world building in this play. Part 1 feels like I get to listen into a group of mothers as they insult each other always with a smile. It feels like a world much like our own but through bits of dialogue and brilliant sound design things begin to feel different. Part 2 takes a shift and it becomes all about what a person will do to save themselves and their child. I’d love to see this play produced more.

Moench is making huge waves with her bold, unapologetic, and structure-shattering plays, almost always centering the experiences of women of color. Her plays utilize an element of surrealness that brings the severity of the plot to a heightened level, made digestible in its horror by her choices in nonrealism. She is masterful at building dynamic groups of characters who must all interact at once, something which can be very hard in larger casts that spend a lot of time onstage all together. Mothers in particular is a triumph in form, narrative, and emotional impact.

The funniest and most accurate capture of the competitive nature of motherhood that takes the war to hilarious heights. Well done!