Jill Daum

Playwright

Jill Daum is one of the original co-creators and performers of the internationally acclaimed plays: Mom’s the Word, Mom’s the Word 2: Unhinged, Mom’s the Word: Remixed, Mom’s the Word: Nest 1⁄2 Empty, and Mom’s the Word: Talkin’ Turkey. The Mom’s scripts have been translated into 10 languages, seen by over two million people and played in over 19 countries. Jill also wrote the dramatic-comedy Forget About Tomorrow which was inspired by her husband’s early onset Alzheimer’s diagnosis. Forget About Tomorrow is informed by the experiences Jill lived and witnessed as she struggled to come to terms with her husband’s illness, by searching for laughter in the most unlikely of places.

Works by Jill Daum

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Forget About Tomorrow

By Jill Daum

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Mom's the Word: Talkin' Turkey

By Jill Daum & Alison Kelly & Robin Nichol & Barbara Pollard & Deborah Williams

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Mom’s The Word

By Jill Daum & Alison Kelly & Robin Nichol & Barbara Pollard & Deborah Williams

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Mom’s the Word 2: Unhinged

By Jill Daum & Alison Kelly & Robin Nichol & Barbara Pollard & Deborah Williams

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Mom’s The Word 3: Nest ½ Empty

By Jill Daum & Alison Kelly & Robin Nichol & Barbara Pollard & Deborah Williams

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Mom’s the Word: For Crying Out Loud

By Jill Daum & Alison Kelly & Robin Nichol & Barbara Pollard & Deborah Williams

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Published Works

...the way the creators have used their experiences and insights to communicate a whole world of emotions and discoveries means this cabaret can be appreciated and embraced by a much broader audience of men and women. Just don’t forget your Kleenex. The tears are never too far behind the laughter in this one.

Barbara Crook
The Vancouver Sun

…All the stories have the ring of truth and hilarious familiarity, and are cunningly arranged in a structure that is both satisfying and theatrical.

Michael Coveney
The Daily Mail

(Praise for Mom's the Word:)

Mom’s the Word is a beautifully crafted show, full of warm, tragic-comedy rhythm of life and absolutely impossible to dislike…providing one of the funniest and most enjoyable girls’ nights out currently on offer in Britain.

Joyce McMillan
The Scotsman

(Praise for Forget About Tomorrow:)

Daum has a gift for deliciously wicked quips, which helps make Forget About Tomorrow an exquisite balancing act of comedy and tragedy, reality and fiction

Andrea Warner
Georgia Strait Vancouver