A staged reading: MY MOTHER THE SUN by Paloma Monfiletto

A staged reading of:

When her mother goes missing in the desert between the US/Mexico border, Solana journeys out with a group of activists to bring her back. As her past begins to haunt her, Solana must overcome a lifetime of hurt and suspicion to undertake an extraordinary transformation in the hopes of keeping her family together. My Mother the Sun ¨ is a meditation on the way borders arrest grief, the transformative power of empathy, and the need for unconditional hospitality in the face of institutional cruelty.

Paloma Monfiletto (she/her) is a Brooklyn-based playwright and essayist. She is currently in residence as a FIFE Fellow with the Bechdel Project. Her play, My Mother the Sun, was commissioned as part of the Echo Theatre Young Playwrights Lab, performed in reading at Premiere Stages, and was a finalist for the Bay Area Playwrights Festival in 2021 and 2023.

Ludovica Villar-Hauser (she/her) is Founder and Artistic Director of Parity Productions. At Parity, her directing credits include the world premieres of This Stretch of Montpelier by Kelley Niocle Girod, Charlie's Waiting by Mêlisa Annis, Mirrors by Azure D. Osborne-Lee, Stop-Motion by Liz Kerin, and the award-winning She Calls Me Firefly by Teresa Lotz. Prior to Parity, Ludovica directed many critically acclaimed plays in the U.S. and U.K., including Final Analysis ((Signature Theatre); The Countess (Lamb’s Theatre); Leaves of Glass (Peter Jay Sharpe Theater); As It Is in Heaven (The Cherry Lane); The Brightness of Heaven (The Cherry Lane); This Will All Be Yours (The Barrow Group Theatre); Long Day’s Journey Into Night (The Arts Theatre) and Duet (Otho Eskin). In the New York theatre industry, Ludovica was one of the few women to own and operate her own theatre, The Greenwich Street Theatre, which she ran for 17 years. Ludovica served on the Board of the League of Professional Theatre Women from 2009-2018, is currently the Producer of the League's Oral History Project at the NYPL for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, and was co-President of the LPTW from July 2022-July 2023.

Accessible Subway Stations Nearby

• 34th St–Herald Square (B, D, F, M, N, Q, R, W): Elevator entrance inside Herald Center, Broadway between 33rd & 34th.
• 34th St–Penn Station (A, C, E, 1, 2, 3 + LIRR/Amtrak): Elevators at 33rd & 7th and 34th & 8th.
• 34th St–Hudson Yards (7): Elevator inside Hudson Yards, south side of 34th St between 10th Ave & Hudson Blvd E.

Bus Stops Nearby

• Multiple routes stop within a few blocks, including the M4, M5, M7, M34-SBS, M34A-SBS, M55, and Q32.
• Closest stop: NW corner of 7th Ave & 37th St (201 W 37th St, by FedEx).

Walking Distance: All three accessible subway stations are within 5–10 minutes of the venue.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

New Perspectives Theatre Company, 456 West 37th Street, New York, United States