For us, Listen to Your Mother audition season is, quite literally, the most wonderful time of the year.
Listen to Your Mother is the celebration of motherhood that we all wish we’d thought of, and that luckily national director Ann Imig did think of! Now affectionately known as LTYM, Listen to Your Mother is a series of live, on-stage readings across North America on or around Mother’s Day.
Most LTYM readers aren’t professional writers and many of them aren’t mothers. LTYM readers are people with stories about motherhood to tell. And this includes absolutely everyone—especially you.
The mission of each LTYM show is to give voice to motherhood – the good, the bad, the sad, the ugly, the hilarious, the golden, and of course, the beautiful – in the form of original, true stories, read out loud, live on-stage by their authors.
Auditions are in February each year and the link to sign up will be here when auditions are open! The best way to know all things LTYM — including show dates, audition information, and when tickets are available! — is to sign up for our email list. The link is to do so is right here!
Some things to note:
Your story should be around 5 minutes long.
The theme is motherhood — the good, the bad, the beautiful, the ugly, the sad, the scary, and, of course, the golden.
Tell the story only you can tell. Be detailed. We want you.
In that same vein … laser focus in on ONE story, one moment even, rather than a sweeping generalization. Your story can weave narrative, background, and “ever afters,” of course, but the bulk of your story should center around one story.
All stories might be edited.
Consider yourself booked starting in the late afternoon on show day.
There are two mandatory group rehearsals prior to the show.
Before auditions, practice reading your story out loud. We want to get a taste for what our audience will hear and feel.
Sign up for (only) one slot that works for you. If you need to change your appointment, please do so in a timely manner so someone else can have that slot.
Please arrive 5-15 minutes prior to your time slot.
Please fill out an audition form before your audition:
https://bit.ly/LTYM_QUESTIONS
Please email your story to ltymtwincities@gmail.com before your audition.
Remember that your piece needs to be right around 5 minutes when read out loud.
We can't wait to hear your story!
