Tell me, Mother

-ARLEKIN!

presents

TELL ME, MOTHER
Devised and Directed by Yana Gladkikh

Choreography by Suli Holum
Soundscape by Bryce Somerville & Victor McSurely
Scenic Consultant, Peter Rule
Stage Manager, Natasha Klochkova
Produced by Lisa Hackman

Featuring Julia Shikh, Polina Dubovikova, Olga Sokolova, Irina Knyazhitskaya, Viktoria Kovalenko, Olga Aronova, Rimma Gluzman, Polina Vasserman, Anna Furman, Jenya Brodskaia and Irina Vilenchik

PERFORMED IN RUSSIAN WITH ENGLISH SUPERTITLES | Proceeds will support -ARLEKIN!

November 17 - December 13, 2026

-ARLEKIN!, 368 Hillside Ave., Needham, MA 02494
Performance space is on the 2nd floor with no elevator service
Only 40 seats per performance | 17 performances only!

Previews and Friends & Family Performance: $30 General Admission | $50 Director's Choice VIP
The Run: $65 General Admission | $99 Director's Choice VIP

General Admission is unassigned seating. You can select your seat when the theatre doors open.

The Director's Choice VIP package includes the best reserved seats in the house, held for VIP ticket holders only, and a special thank you. Strictly limited to 10 seats per performance for the run.

Devised and directed by Yana Gladkikh, star of Arlekin's award-winning production of The Dybbuk and director of Beethoven, Tell me, Mother explores motherhood as a primal, spiritual state of shared memory, joy, trauma and humor, drawing on lived experience, testimonials and poetry. Weaving together physical theater, dance and spoken word, the piece invites audiences into the deeply personal stories of mothers and watches them become universal, for the actors and the audience alike.

Performed in Russian by Arlekin's resident company with English supertitles, in an up-close and intimate setting of 40 seats. Choreography by Suli Holum, award-winning director, performer and playwright and co-founder of Pig Iron Theatre Company. Soundscape by Bryce Somerville and Victor McSurely, both alumni of Blue Man Group Boston.

"What fascinates me is the moment when a specific person's lived experience enters the artistic frame of the stage and becomes something larger than itself. The stage is a frame that transforms the personal into the universal." Yana Gladkikh

Performances:

Sunday, November 15th 6:00pm - Friends & Family Performance
Tuesday, November 17th 7:30pm - Preview
Wednesday, November 18th 7:30pm - Preview
Thursday, November 19th 7:30pm - Opening Night
Friday, November 20th 7:30pm
Saturday, November 21st 3:00pm
Saturday, November 21st 7:30pm
Sunday, November 22nd 1:00pm
No performances November 23rd through November 29th (Thanksgiving)
Thursday, December 3rd 7:30pm
Friday, December 4th 7:30pm
Saturday, December 5th 3:00pm
Saturday, December 5th 7:30pm
Sunday, December 6th 1:00pm
Thursday, December 10th 7:30pm
Friday, December 11th 7:30pm
Saturday, December 12th 3:00pm
Saturday, December 12th 7:30pm
Sunday, December 13th 1:00pm - Closing Matinee