MY MOTHER THE SUN
By Paloma Monfiletto
2024 Parity Development Award Winner
When her mother goes missing in the desert between the US/Mexico border, Solana journeys out with a group of activists to bring her back. As her past begins to haunt her, Solana must overcome a lifetime of hurt and suspicion to undertake an extraordinary transformation in the hopes of keeping her family together. My Mother the Sun is a meditation on the way borders arrest grief, the transformative power of empathy, and the need for unconditional hospitality in the face of institutional cruelty.
Thank you for joining us at our staged reading of MY MOTHER THE SUN by Paloma Monfiletto,
directed by Parity Productions Artistic Director Ludovica Villar-Hauser,
on September 26th and 27th, 2025!
MEET THE TEAM:
Socorro Santiago (she/her, left) and Mele Sabú Borges (they/them, right) in a scene from My Mother the Sun directed by Jaye Hunt. Performed at Parity’s eighth annual Awards Ceremony and Celebration (AC&C) on October 24th, 2024.