4 at 40: Mother's Letters to Their Daughters

Dezart One Gallery
2688 Cherokee Way
Palm Springs, CA 92264
(760) 328-1440

When: Friday, November 23rd at 8:00pm. Doors open at 7:30pm
Saturday, November 24th at 8:00pm. Doors open at 7:30pm
Tickets: $16 at the door. (Credit card - $18)

Dezart One Gallery proudly presents live theatre at the gallery, with an original play written and performed by Daniela Ryan, “4 at 40: Mothers’ Letters to Their Daughters”. The story spans five generations of women in one California family, from the first settler, to a modern day mother.  Each mother desperately reaches out to her daughter through a family tradition. On the mother’s 40th birthday, she writes a letter to her daughter in an attempt to bridge the generation gap between them, passing on valued lessons learned from her journey in life.  The family’s history is, in essence, California’s own, from stoic determination to take the land, to prosperity, to the comforts and uncertainties of modern day life.  Each mother learns something about herself as she shares her story with her daughter.  For those who have a mother and/or a sister or daughter, you will relate to the characters as they capture the intimate portrait of relationships between women and their daughters and the generational and historical influence on those bonds.

Daniela Ryan is a graduate of U.C. Berkeley with a degree in Theatre Arts.  In addition, she has a Masters degree in Film and Television from San Diego State University.  Ms. Ryan has worked in the film industry for the past 10 years. She began acting at the age of 7, performing in local and community theatre throughout California.  In Los Angeles, she co-wrote and performed in Demeter Theatre’s acclaimed play “Speaking of Evil”, the story of an ambivalent Nazi, Kurt Gerstein.  She is a writer and associate producer of film, working with a local independent film production company.  A fourth generation Californian, Ms. Ryan resides in the desert with her husband and two children.