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LINDA ZOBLOTSKY IS LUVCHILD

This entertaining, musical and educational play explores the feelings of an adopted woman,
as she is looking for her Mother and her Identity

A One-Hour, One Woman Play

Music and Lyrics by Howard Beckerman
with 2 songs by Linda Zoblotsky

Inspired and co-written by Rick Paul
with uplifting direction by Wendall Goings

People are curious about how adopted people cope with missing information about their ethnicity, moods, quirks and siblings? Adopted people want to know, “What do my birthparents look like? Do we have the same talents?”  Why did they give me up? There are 6,000,000 adopted people in the United States.

Audiences, students and even adoptive parents can learn and understand why adopted people want to connect to their families in this humorous and thoughtful performance piece.

Past Performances and Reviews:

Washington DC at District of Columbia Arts Center Nov. 9, 2003
Show was awesome.  Thanks for adding a new dimension to my life. -Martha Gold

CUB Retreat at Williamsburg VA, Radisson Hotel Oct. 11, 2003
…LUVCHILD was great! Loved it!  Four Star review from here! -Lorraine Dusky

Thanks for being such an amazing entertainer, allowing each of us at the ’03 CUB retreat to leave on a high note! -Karen Vedder

Joyous Life Energy Center, NYC Oct. 5, 2003
I thank you so much for your openness and heartfelt thoughts.  -Sabrina Moore

Adoption Forum in Lancaster PA, The Post Resort Center Oct. 4, 2003
Thank you so much for giving us the gift with your wonderful talent, wit and sensitivity. I totally enjoyed it and laughed and cried.  -Carol Chandler

Albany/Berkeley California, Albany Community Center Sept. 25, 2003
What a wonderful show. I really liked how you were able to honor your adoptive family and your birth family and how effectively you made your political point in a good lively musical theatre piece. -Jo Coffey

Tulsa Oklahoma, Nightingale Theatre Aug. 11, 2003
I called Karen Vedder, Concerned United Birthparent’s President and told her about your show. -Tammy Russle

First Performance, Children of Light Healing Center in NYC April 26, 2003
Thanks so much Linda – It was a wonderful play.  You’ve got great talent.  -Carol Schaefer

For more information, please contact Linda at lzoblotsky@yahoo.com or 212-229-7632

Suzie Kidnap is a woman who lost her oldest child to adoption. She actively works to educate the public about the adoption industry, and that part of adoption the industry doesn't want you to see.

"Out Of The Fog" is a critique of contemporary adoption by women who have lost children to adoption.  Several areas are addressed in this video; the myth of choice, an overview of the institution, segments on practice, records and adoption friendly language, and a segment on power, patriarchy and psychology. The video is offered free of charge via the Internet at www.suziekidnap.com/fog or www.socialwreckers.com/fog At this time, the video is available only via net distribution.

The story of Helen Hill and adoptee rights group Bastard Nation who used Oregon's Ballot Measure 58 to open sealed birth certificates for adult adoptees.  Hill's initiative turned into a civil rights battle bringing about new hope for activists and reformers across the country.  Filmaker Paul Fournier captures the essence of grassroots activism.  With coverage from inception to victory Bastard Nation members are shown planning, learning and achieving voter support. Then fight court battles to set case precedent. This film is inspiring for all wanting an end to unfair, outdated and discriminatory laws.

Sheila Ganz, writer/director/producer/editor, is an artist, adoption reform activist and birthmother.

In 1968, twenty-year-old Sheila Ganz was raped, became pregnant, and unwillingly relinquished her baby for adoption. Twenty years later, she became an adoption reform advocate, was inspired to make a documentary, Unlocking the Heart of Adoption and found her daughter. This educational documentary chronicle’s Ganz’s journey as a birthmother, and compelling first person stories of adoptees, birthparents and adoptive parents in both same race and transracial adoptions. Ganz has since testified at hearings before the California Senate and House Judiciary Committees on legislation pertaining to adult adoptee civil rights and birthmother rights. She has appeared on television and radio talk shows to speak about adoption-related issues and her ‘Letters to the Editor’ have been published in newspapers around the country. Sheila Ganz completed her studies at San Francisco State University, earning a BA in Sculpture in 1982 and an MA in Interdisciplinary Arts in 1985.  In 1984, Ganz earned her Black Belt in Karate.  Her site-specific sculptures have been exhibited at the Moscone Center, Golden Gate Park and Bernal Heights in San Francisco, the Paul F. Romberg Center in Tiburon and a commissioned work at Shenandaoh Vineyards in Plymouth, CA. She has also written two full length plays, Pretend It Didn’t Happen and Leaving Joe.  Currently, Sheila Ganz consults with adoption agencies and screens her documentary at colleges and universities nationwide. For more information visit: http://www.unlockingtheheart.com
 

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