Director's Note

Thank you all very much for joining us this evening for the CCBC production of Small Mouth Sounds. Once you've found your seat, take a moment to close your eyes and take a deep breath. How'd that feel? Maybe you need another? Go ahead. How often do you get the chance to just sit and breathe these days? Take another breath, and clear you mind of what's weighing it down. This is just the beginning of our journey for the evening. The storytellers whose work you're about to encounter, will join you in the process shortly.

Between personal endeavors, patriarchy, politics and all the other ever changing facets of the world, we all know that can be quite taxing. Often, we make decisions that affect our loved ones, including ourselves, that result in detrimental outcomes. But hey, we're human. How often do we get to turn it all off and do nothing? Maybe if we just had that sanctuary, we'd be able to connect with ourselves; in turn, being better humans.

To each their own, but one place that you are not likely to find me, is in a cabin in the woods. Bess Wohl, however, has created a setting where that's the only place the characters you are about to meet can find solace, solitude, and silence. For your time with us, you'll bear witness to characters at their wits end as they take measures toward finding inner reconciliation with their personal paths and the results of how said paths have made them wary on a multitude of levels.

I appreciate you all for providing support and hope you walk away with reflective actions that will propel you on your journey. Breathe in. Breathe out.

Brandon Rashad Butts, Director