michael amira temple

Motherfucker is an easy show to take for an arguing match, fueled by anger, hate, and drugs; at least that’s how I read it the first time. The truth of the play unfolded for me when I realized it was really a story about how there isn't always something we can do given our circumstances; a story that shows that community is the tie that binds us, and what it looks like to love in spite of. The Motherfucker with the Hat is a call to communal action as much as it is reflection as much as it is a fond memory as much as it could be the future. 

I knew I loved this play, but I wasn’t always certain why I wanted to do it. Working in and creating new community to make this show possible, and being allowed a space to try freely and imperfectly showed me that I wanted to put this show on to remind folks that: forgiveness doesn’t have to be earned, there’s not always someone to blame, we can all stretch a little farther to give a hand to our neighbor, and oftentimes loving is the bravest thing you can do.