Anna Bella Eema

Ten-year-old Anna Bella and her hermetic mother Irene live in a ratty trailer on the edge of town. When their trailer park is slated for demolition because of interstate highway expansion, Irene refuses to leave. In this moment of crisis, Anna Bella creates a new girl out of the mud behind their trailer home. This mud-girl helps Anna Bella face the world outside her home. A richly imagined tale of a fierce mother/daughter bond, told through word and song. Described as a ghost story to be spoken and sung – a chamber piece for three women in three chairs, Anna Bella Eema is a stylized comment on identity, separation and adaptability by OBIE-award winning playwright, Lisa D’Amour, whose acclaimed play Detroit opens on Broadway this fall.