In Search of my Clitoris
Sia Amma
Sunday May 24, 2009
$15 adv. $20 dr. - 8pm
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Back by Popular Demand! La Peña presents Sia Amma's one woman show that empowers and educates people about female circumcision: In Search of My Clitoris.
Extraordinary poet, playwright and comedian Sia Amma returns to La Peña with her revolutionary show. Liberian-born Sia survived the coming of age ritual of female circumcision at nine years old. On a search for her most precious possession, we are led into a collage of characters and culture, blending music, dance and tradition. Listen to her story and the stories of other women and rejoice in the dance. The show is a clever combination of stand-up comedy and theater that is funny, playful and wise. Sia has courageously and hilariously devised a comedy act to empower and educate the general public on female circumcision and to call attention to that part of a woman's body that has been subjected to mutilation.
*Recommended for audiences 16 years and older.
