Hell hath no fury like a Public Radio mom in search of a good school for her young. Sandra Loh – perhaps best known for her stint as commentator for Public Radio’s Morning Edition, Ira Glass’ This American Life and for her monthly reports, The Loh Down, on Marketplace – makes her San Francisco debut in Mother On Fire, the story of Sandra’s year of spiraling, keening madness searching for a kindergarten for her daughter.
“I looked at public schools, private schools, parochial schools – even Baptist school,” says Loh. “It turns out tuition-wise, Creationism is cheap.”
The plunging API scores, soaring California real estate prices, cheap Chinese granddads who suddenly don’t care enough about their grandkids’ education to pitch in… it’s all here, in grisly glory.
“Mother on Fire is vintage Sandra Loh and, therefore, not to be missed”
— The Los Angeles Daily News
“Loh parlays the minutiae of her urban experience into big laughs.”
— The Los Angeles Times
Produced by Frier McCollister; Directed by Bart DeLorenzo
The San Francisco run of Mother on Fire is a benefit for Mission High School and for the Women’s Building.
Parents may receive a $5.00 discount for each of their children in public school.