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I’ll Be Mother' is a comedic scene cycle in which a Mother and Child switch roles to try and understand each other better, and to love each other fully before they die. Developed at CMU's renowned MFA in Dramatic Writing program, this new one act play asks if it's okay to blink when time moves so fast. I'll Be Mother is part of the Center for New Work's spring Impulse Festival, a new collaboration between the CMU School of Drama, Pittsburgh CLO, and the Pittsburgh Public Theater, made possible by the generous support of the Richard King Mellon Foundation.

Liggera Edmonds-Allen (they/them) is a playwright from Poughkeepsie, New York. They were a finalist at Theatre Master’s Take Ten competition and at the 2025 Austin Film Festival. Their short film CARNIVAL premiered at The Disability Collective’s ‘No Body Left Behind’ festival. Their original play, WEDNESDAY’S VOYEUR, had its world premiere at the United Nation’s ‘Why It Matters’ summit where it received publication. Their work is influenced by poetry, turtles, and tiny chirping birdies.

Aurelia Clunie (Director)is a first-year MFA director and John Wells Fellow at CMU. New works credits include The American Unicorn (Long Wharf Theatre), The Poppy (DePaul University), I Choose You, Baby (InVersion Theatre at The Tank) and Good Meeting (Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater); ReImagine: New Plays in TYA Advisory Council founding member; produced six cycles of Hartford Stage’s Write On Young Playwrights' Competition.

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