DISCOUNTS:
Discounted ticket package for classes of 2025 and 2026 to see the show with a parent

GROUP10 to get a 10% discount on 10 or more tickets

Arrive in a car with 4 or more passengers or on a bike to get a coupon for discounted tickets to our May show (TBA).

The matinee performance on September 27 will have ASL interpretation by Kris Long and Emily Stemper, and audio description by @kimberlynewtonva.

We will also have performances with virtual captioning on September 21 and 27 (matinee).

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It's a play for everyone who has ever left home or ever will. THE WANTING FOREST follows Aspen, a young woman with a curse, as she tries to find her way in the world, and her mother, Mira, who is learning to live on the other side of the longest shortest time.

Opening September 19. All the details at silkmothstage.com

We're heading into the weekend humming, "Each day is a little life / Each night wipes the slate clean."

Make your plans to journey into the forest, where curses and blessings are hard to tell apart, we all make mistakes, and sometimes we need more than one night to wipe the slate clean.

It's okay if you don't have $10 to spare, times being what they are ("hard and getting harder all the time").

It's really helpful to us if you feed the algorithm by liking, commenting, or sharing with your wealthiest relative.

Early giving starts TODAY. The big event is April 16. You can help us get a head start, and support professional theater in rural Virginia, right now.

To learn more about other wonderful orgs in our area, check out our insta or fb, where we'll be shouting them out all day (most aren't on bsky yet)

#greatCommunityGive has prizes for most donors and most money raised, in each of three size categories.

This year, we're in the "small" category, and we want to win "most donors." Every donation of $10 or more counts!

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Let's make this a record-breaking #greatCommunityGive .

This is our biggest fundraiser of the year, as well as one of our favorite events overall.
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Have we got a two-fer for you.
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We need your support!
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Already got yours? Show us what book they're marking. We're always looking for additions to our TBR.
This one just kept Artistic Director Aili Huber and her daughter company through A NATURAL HISTORY OF DRAGONS, by Marie Brennan. It's a fun read. Five stars.

If you don't know New Bridges, check out the amazing work they are doing to support our immigrant neighbors.

We had a truly fun time, and we are grateful for everyone who came out to play.

(📷 is not from last night - we were busy working! - it's one that Tiffany Showalter Photography took before a show last spring. Same vibe, though).

We are holding auditions for both shows. These are paid acting gigs, and we are a great place to work.

Tell your friends!
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Told in poetry, lullabies, and dance, THE WANTING FOREST is a lyrical quest to discover hope beyond trees, selfhood beyond family, and how to unlock the beautiful curse of having (or being) a mother.

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In the fall, we're performing the world premiere of THE WANTING FOREST, written especially for the Silk Moth Stage by Monica Flory running September 19-28 and 27-28.

A play for anyone who has ever had a hard time finding the words to share their love.

THE LAST WIDE OPEN explores near-hits, near-misses, second chances, and, in the playwright’s words, “the mystical ways the universe conspires to bring us all together.”