Meet Dina Morrone

03/21/2025

[NoHo Arts District, CA] – We are so thrilled to announce the brilliant and utterly hilarious, My Uterus: A Womb with a View written and performed by Dina Morrone and directed by Peter Flood is back at Theatre West on March 22 and 23.

I saw this show last year, you can read my review here. I absolutely adore My Uterus: A Womb with a View. Dina takes a very tricky subject full of embarrassing details and potential sadness and makes it human, informative and incredibly, side-splittingly funny. I have talked about this show to so many people, I’ve probably lots count at this point and I really cannot recommend it highly enough!

Dina is a wonderful writer and performer and I have seen her other solo show, The Italian in me (review) which was also absolutely fantastic…she really is so talented and a superb comedienne. I always like to find out as much as I can about the shows I love the most, so I had a few questions for Dina that I thought would help explain the show a little more and perhaps encourage even more people to see it! Everyone should see this show!!!

Hi Dina! Thank you so much for My Uterus: A Womb with a View! This show has been produced several times now at Theatre West. Why do you think this show is so popular, Dina?

MY UTERUS: A WOMB WITH A VIEW was first staged at Theatre West but only as a one-off. I did a few more on-offs and have still not decided when I will do an actual run. This show speaks to so many things, and of course, the most glaring is a woman’s right to her own Uterus, which lives inside her body. I touch on so many things about the Uterus and what it means to have one, and I do feel that audiences go along for the ride with me because even if they feel differently than I do about this subject, I don’t lecture, I just lay out some facts, all done in a self-deprecating way, that brings a lot of humor to the piece. So, in the end, even though it is about a serious subject/organ, it’s a comedy.

With each performance do you change anything or do things differently?

Yes. I do change. I find myself growing into the piece – no pun intended. But I do grow as an artist into it. The characters become much more familiar, and I discover new things each time I rehearse and stage it. And then, of course, the audience is always a player in all theatre, especially solo shows and comedies. I learn from them and adjust things here and there. I find myself growing, also no pun intended, with this piece, the more I work on it.

You are Italian…have you considered performing this show in Italy?

I would love to perform this show in Italy. I lived in Italy for many years, and now that so many Americans are moving there or retiring, it might be the right time to go back and bring some of my work. An American couple who recently moved and retired to a small town near Umbria saw the show in LA. They told me there is a small theatre in their town and asked me to consider bringing it there. Sounds good to me!

Show business has changed so much over the years. How do you feel about the current situation in the Los Angeles entertainment business? Good or bad for theatre?

I love that you can’t use AI in theatre. I do voiceovers, and even with that, AI is moving in. But on stage, in the spoken word, you must be present, and your audience has to be present. It’s you, your words, your actions, and you are LIVE. LA theatre is slowly starting to come back. Movie theatres and live theatre venues were both seriously affected by Covid. Seeing a movie in a large movie house with great sound on a large screen is the best way to see a movie. With theatre, it is always a living thing, and there is nothing like watching actors live and in the moment, sharing their soul and words with you, an audience. It’s all happening in real-time, and what you see, and experience will never be seen again, just like that, because it only happens once, like that version you just saw.

Regarding the business of show business, with all the strikes, covid, fires, and all other kinds of factors, the business and many have suffered tremendously. Praying for all who lost so much, those who are not working, and that the business will come back stronger than ever before.

How has the change in the political climate affected the show?

Wow. That is a great question. I feel that our voices need to speak up. Our voices, more than ever, are important. We need to share our feelings, we need to speak up, and we need to be proactive.

It’s a scary time and we shall see what the future brings for all of us, especially women and their Uteruses, or should I say Uteri!

What is next for Dina Morrone? Anything new in the pipeline?

I am working on a piece about my paternal grandmother that comes forward and connects to the present day. I also have a 5-person play I have been working on for some time, but it is time I buckle down and finish it. And, of course, I would like to keep performing this show and THE ITALIAN IN ME, which I miss performing and have put on the back burner so I can focus on MY UTERUS: A WOMB WITH A VIEW.

Thank you, Dina!

Please go and see the My Uterus: A Womb with a View. You will have a lot of fun, guaranteed and possibly learn a few things about your bits a pieces that you didn’t know before!! This is also great for men…although it’s fair to warn them they may be changed forever…for the better!!