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Madison Magazine Blurb: Mother Blogs Best

    From the May issue of Madison Magazine‘s Your Town: Up Front section by Katie Vaughn

    Mother Blogs Best

    For nearly two years, Ann Imig has shared the ups, downs and downright funny moments of motherhood on her blog, annimig.com. Now she’s taking her parenting perspective to a new audience. Imig is directing and producing Listen to Your Mother, a live show with Madison-area writers reading their words on “the real experience of motherhood.” As Imig prepared for the Mother’s Day event, she answered a few questions about this new labor of love.

    How did you come up with the idea of Listen to Your Mother?
    The idea came to me in a Zen moment, while enjoying my routine Lego search-and-recovery mission. I think I had just reattached a space policeman’s head to his body (thus sparing him from the cat’s esophagus) and I said to myself, “If I can do this, I can do anything.” Writing is an extension of performing for me, and I’ve missed interacting with a live audience—one that doesn’t interrupt me constantly with demands for rice milk and Cheez-Its.

    What has blogging about motherhood meant to you?
    Humor blogging specifically has provided a creative outlet for my parenting stress, by challenging me to find the humor in even the most stressful (potty-training) parenting (potty-training) moments (potty-training). Also, blogging has meant making meaningful connections with other parents and writers—some of those connections evolving into friendships and trusted colleagues.

    What are your goals for the show?
    I hope the writers enjoy the thrill of performing and of offering their talent in a new way—where their literal voice can be heard in addition to their voice on the page. I hope the audience enjoys a celebration of motherhood, one originating from the genuine voices of those who know the beauty, the beast and the barely rested of being a mom.

    Listen to Your Mother takes place May 9 at 3 p.m. at the Barrymore Theatre. Tickets are $10 at the door. listentoyourmothershow.blogspot.com

    – Katie Vaughn

    photo by Eric Tadsen

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    Thank you again to Katie Vaughn and Madison Magazine for helping spread the word about Listen To Your Mother. It was such a pleasure working with you.

    p.s. Stay tuned for a fantastic Listen To Your Mother giveaway this week over on Happy Bambino’s blog including free tix, brunch for 2, and salon goodies!

    0 thoughts on “Madison Magazine Blurb: Mother Blogs Best”

    1. Suzy

      ***I had just reattached a space policeman’s head to his body (thus sparing him from the cat’s esophagus)***

      W.T.F. is a cat’s esophagus doing in that sentence?

    13. Melissa Chapman

      Ann you are AMAZING– I have no words- I am ferklempt I so wish I could be in the audience listening, watching- being in a space ripe with so much talent and energy. Mazel TOV:)

    19. Aging Mommy

      First of all congratulations on the show – what a fabulous idea and I wish you all the very best of British luck with it!! I love your comments in the article – but fear the repeated mention of potty training as we are going to be forced to embark upon it this summer (my daughter who is three cannot go to her preschool in the fall otherwise!).

      Just don’t forget about your blog – because we all look forward to your writing on here.

    22. Erin I'm Gonna Kill Him

      This has inspired a sentence I never thought I’d say: I wish I lived in Wisconsin. Not that Jersey is better. In fact, it’s probably worse. Except for the ‘documentary’ about our ‘shore.’ That is pretty awesome.

      And I gotta go because my not-yet-potty-trained-toddler is circling the dining room table for a non-runway landing.

    29. idgtm

      Finally some excitment to the Madison area. I mean aside from beer bongs and fraternity hazing.

      Congrats and great press. 🙂