'Mom Before Dad: A Young Woman of the Greatest Generation'

Cabaret artist Sarah Boone hits the MAT stage with Mom Before Dad: A Young Woman of the Greatest Generation following sold out performances in Florida and a celebrated appearance off-Broadway at NYC’s Triad Theater earlier this year.

“As rhythms of Big Bands swelled,
and tears from World War II fell,
there lived a young woman, unlike any other,
as I unlocked her diary and discovered my mother.”

Between the pages of a faded handwritten journal from 1942, discovered after her mother’s death in 2019, Sarah learned of the joys, heartbreaks, passions and everyday perseverance of someone she knew…but long before she knew her.

That someone was her mom!

Travel back with Sarah in her memory-filled musical show that hails and regales the greatest generation, as told through the diary entries, letters and moments of Sarah’s favorite greatest-generation heroine. In this touching evening of song and inspiring word, this daughter’s love letter to her remarkable mother captures the era when ordinary people achieved the extraordinary, believed in the right thing to do, and exchanged goodbyes with “We’ll Meet Again.”

“a wonderfully enjoyable experience” -BroadwayWorld

Sarah has enjoyed continued success as a cabaret artist with appearances in New York City (The Metropolitan Room, The Duplex, Don’t Tell Mama, The Triad), Los Angeles (First and Hope Supper Club, Upstairs at Vitello’s), and in many venues in her home state of Florida.

“Bright and lively…a musical standout” -The Florida Times-Union

Sarah will be joined onstage by Denver-based barbershop quartet Confluence and Colorado Springs musicians Joey Glassman, Marc Neihof, and Ryan Janus. The show is directed by Jean Tait, with musical direction by Eugene Gwozdz, script and multimedia concept by Sarah Boone and multimedia design by Rich Conner.