Stolen Lives
A One-Woman Show by Terrilynn Moore
This show details the traumas, trials and triumphs of three women in three acts. There will be life and death. Mental illness and decline. And of course, magic! Subjects that are often taboo in society will be explored in poignant and funny ways that will help to create conversations and possibly alter previously conceived notions.
That is my job as an artist-to challenge the status quo and help to usher in a new compassionate paradigm that will move humanity forward.
“Terrilynn! BE QUIET!!”
…That should be the subtitle of my show. My family, friends, co-workers, spouses, lovers, ex-lovers, teachers and members of the majority white patriarchal culture have all at some point in time told me to be quiet. Perhaps, that is why I became a storyteller—to tell my truth, the truths of my ancestors and the truths of oppressed people.
Stolen Lives has 3 acts: The Epiphanies—in which I share moments of my life that still shape my world views; There Is No Reflection In Her Mirror—details my mother’s descent into Alzheimers while I was her primary caretaker; and They Once Knew Magic—my adaptation of a folktale told by the Gullah and GeeChee people who were stolen from Africa and pressed into slavery in America.