BOLD Houston

Friday and Saturday Performances are On!

boldhouston — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:10:44 +0000

Our thoughts are with everyone in and around the Houston area recovering from the aftermath of Hurricane Ike. We are hopeful that many of you who planned to attend our BOLD performances of Birth will still join us this Friday and Saturday night at 7pm at HITS Theatre. We understand that this is a trying time for many, ourselves included, and we are looking forward to “getting away” from it all for a few hours to enjoy this moving, thought-provoking play.

If you have questions, concerns, or comments about our revised performance schedule, please contact us at boldhouston2008 at gmail dot com.

Hurricane Ike: Revised Birth Performance Schedule

boldhouston — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:57:42 +0000

Due to Hurricane IKE The BOLD performance of BIRTH will be rescheduled as follows:

The Friday, Sept 12 & Saturday Sept 13 performances will be rescheduled to the following weekend. The Sunday Sept 14 performance is still on schedule.

Sunday Sept 14 – 2:00 performance at Hits theater – Red Tent 7:00 pm
Friday, Sept 19 – 7:00 performance at Hits theater
Saturday, Sept 20 – 7:00 performance at Hits theater

We will refund tickets for this weekend (Sept 12 & 13) but please keep in mind that this is a fund-raiser of a non-profit organization.

Tickets will now be on sale for the following weekend – Sept 19 & 20 and we will honor all tickets for those performances – Friday for Friday and Saturday for Saturday

Friday Night Sold Out?!

boldhouston — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:18:47 +0000

The BOLD buzz is spreading and the Friday night performance of Birth is ALMOST sold out!

If you didn’t get your tickets for the Friday performance at HITS Theater, don’t fret. You may be able to get some at the door and there are still tickets available for the very first performance on Saturday, September 6 at 7pm at the South Montgomery County Community Center at 2235 Lake Robbins Drive in The Woodlands.

Tickets are also available for the other HITS performances at 311 W. 18th Street in The Heights on Saturday, September 13 at 7pm, and also on Sunday, September 14 at 2pm. The Red Tent Event is free and follows at 7pm after the Sunday afternoon performance. Get your tickets now by clicking here!

Birth, a play by Karen Brody, is central to the BOLD (Birth on Labor Day) movement that seeks to create space for women to make empowered choices about their birth experiences.

Pat Jones, founder of BIRTH and producer of the Houston performance of Brody’s play believes in the power of this play to impact the community and the world. Birth is a play based on over one hundred interviews Karen Brody conducted with mothers across America who gave birth between 2000-2004. It tells the true stories of 8 women painting a portrait of how low-risk, educated women are giving birth in America today.

To learn more about Karen Brody and her BOLD movement, take a look at her blog or visit www.BOLDaction.org. To learn more about BIRTH, visit www.houbirth.org.

Inquiries about the Houston production of Birth can be sent to BOLDHouston2008 @ gmail.com

A Call for BIRTH Stories

boldhouston — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:14:48 +0000

Childbirth is a peak experience in our lives. No matter our age, we never forget our birth and we carry the feelings about our births throughout our life. It can be a powerful, life-changing event which is joyful and empowering. It can also, due to many reasons and circumstances, be disappointing and hurtful. It is good for us to share our birth stories, because through our sharing we can heal, and we can educate ourselves to allow and facilitate change to happen.

BIRTH is proud to be the Houston sponsor of a Red Tent Event – an opportunity for women and men to share their birth stories. This event is from 7:00 pm to 8:00p.m. on Sunday, September 14, 2008 following the last performance of the BOLD play BIRTH written by Karen Brody on Sunday, September 14 at 2:00 pm at Hits Theater – 311 West 18^th – in the Heights.

Submit your birth story to be read at this Red Tent Event. 5-7 stories will be selected and read, either by the submitter or by someone else, which ever you prefer.

Guidelines for submission:

Birth stories must be no more than 1200 words.
All stories must have occurred in the United States in the last five years.
Include your name, contact information, and your child’s name and date of birth.
The deadline to submit your birth story is September 11, 2008.
Please do not refer to care providers – physician or midwife by their name in the reading

Please submit your story to birthcare@aol.com or mail to P.O. Box 541144, Houston, Texas, 77254.

2 weeks until Houston gets BOLD!

boldhouston — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:34:56 +0000

Birth, a play by Karen Brody comes to Houston

Tickets for BOLD play in Houston Available NOW

boldhouston — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:09:16 +0000

Tickets for Birth are now available for online purchase!

To buy online, please visit our ticket counter or click here

where you will be taken to our ticketing service

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Performance Schedule

7pm Saturday, September 6 @ South Montgomery County Community Center

7pm Friday, September 12 @ HITS Theater

7pm Saturday, September 13 @ HITS Theater

2pm Sunday, September 14 @ HITS Theater (Red Tent following at 7pm)

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If you have any questions about your online purchase, please contact us at boldhouston2008 at gmail dot com.

BOLD Comes to Houston in September!

boldhouston — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:25:08 +0000

This September 2008, BIRTH (Bringing Information and Resources to Houston) is proud to sponsor the production of Birth, a play by Karen Brody, for the 3rd year in a row. Birth is central to the BOLD (Birth on Labor Day) movement that seeks to create space for women to make empowered choices about their birth experiences.

With new venues in The Heights and The Woodlands this year, Pat Jones, founder of BIRTH and producer of the Houston performance of Brody’s play believes in the power of this play to impact the community and the world. Birth is a play based on over one hundred interviews Karen Brody conducted with mothers across America who gave birth between 2000-2004. It tells the true stories of 8 women painting a portrait of how low-risk, educated women are giving birth in America today.

The Houston cast will be performing on Saturday, September 6 at 7pm at the South Montgomery County Community Center at 2235 Lake Robbins Drive in The Woodlands. They will also perform at HITS Theatre at 311 W. 18th Street in The Heights on Friday, September 12 at 7pm, Saturday, September 13 at 7pm, and again on Sunday, September 14 at 2pm with a Red Tent Event following at 7pm.

To learn more about Karen Brody and her BOLD movement, take a look at her blog or visit www.BOLDaction.org. To learn more about BIRTH, visit www.houbirth.org.

Inquiries about the Houston production of Birth can be sent to BOLDHouston2008 @ gmail.com