A new solo play
Workshop production directed by Tara Falk
Generously supported by the Denver Theatre District
and the Trotsky Family Foundation
“Birth is what the best, most American stories are made of… but we don’t really talk about it.”
We all know the announcement. It comes two to five days after a new baby makes their entrance: “We are so in love! Mom and baby are doing great!” And then we move on while the baby adjusts to bright lights and cold air, and mom quietly pieces herself back together.
In a new solo show, Mom and Baby Are Doing Great, playwright, performer, and new mom Amalia Adiv tells the story we skip over. Using research, interviews, and documentary theatre practices, Amalia weaves her own birth and postpartum story with the voices of others into a funny, heartbreaking, and brutally honest investigation of birth and all that comes with it. She invites us to question our fear of bodies, blood, birthing, and the profound mystery of the event that brings all of us Earthside.
This presentation of Mom and Baby Are Doing Great is a developmental workshop production.
Amalia Adiv is an actor, writer, educator, and a proud mom working in the arts. She is most passionate about bringing stories to life that unearth the messiness of motherhood and the complexity of Jewish identity. As an actor, Amalia was recently seen onstage with the Denver Center for Performing Arts in their 2025 immersive production of Sweet & Lucky: Echo. Other recent credits include Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea (Aurora Fox Arts Center) and Colorado Shakespeare Festival’s educational touring company. Amalia has trained at Fiasco Theater and the Barrow Group Apprentice Company. She holds an MA from NYU in Educational Theatre, with an emphasis on Applied Theatre and verbatim interview theatre, and a BA in Jewish Studies and Theatre from City College of New York. Amalia is also a certified pre/post natal coach and postpartum doula.
Bio coming soon
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Do you know a literary agent? Many theatres around the country require playwrights to have a literary agent in order to submit a script. I am exploring this opportunity!
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Do you work in healthcare or another maternal health field? We want this piece to have a life beyond the theatre! We envision the play working as a piece of educational theatre in medical and maternal health settings as a way of igniting difficult or overlooked conversations.
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