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Amy Brenneman ’87 knows what life is like in the spotlight. Famous for starring roles in the television series “Judging Amy” and “Private Practice,” the actress is well versed in the glamour, glitz, and red carpet “Kabuki ritual” that come with the Hollywood territory.Brenneman also knows about life under the gaze of the camera while in constant pain. Having suffered for years, she recently underwent surgery for ulcerative colitis when the illness reached a crisis point in 2010.

Television star Amy Brenneman tells the story of her journey through Hollywood, hospitals and holy spots in her new autobiographical show 

Amy Brenneman, star of the television series “Judging Amy” and “Private Practice,” and her longtime artistic collaborator Sabrina Peck are back at the A.R.T.’s Loeb Theatre.It’s a homecoming of sorts for both women, who first met as classmates at Harvard. While Brenneman has been back to Cambridge, it’s been 25 years since she’s returned to the theater.“The beginning of my life and my current life really started here artistically,” Brenneman told Radio Boston.Brenneman and Peck are in town for a short run of “Mouth Wide Open,” a play co-created by the women and opening at the A.R.T. on Tuesday, May 24. The play takes audience members on an exciting, yet tumultuous spiritual journey all based on Brenneman’s own experiences.We catch them in between rehearsals and learn about the play and the spiritual journey that made it happen. – WBUR Radio Boston

Actress Amy Brenneman has starred in TV shows such as NYPD Blue, Judging Amy, and Private Practice. Brenneman opens up to Jared Bowen about playing herself and opening up to audiences in her new play, Mouth Wide Open.  Greater Boston, WGBH-TV

“‘Private Practice’ star Amy Brenneman will return to her old theater stomping grounds in Cambridge next month when she performs her one-woman show, ‘Mouth Wide Open,’ at the American Repertory Theater.” – Boston Herald

“Having composed pieces for amplified cello and live electronics, Hyperpiano with orchestra and interactive graphics, computer sounds and animated texts, and other electronic wonders, Machover, most noted for his operatic productions, has written a new one, Death and the Powers, which has its American premiere next Friday, March 18” – Boston Musical Intelligencer

“Musician/robot enthusiast explains the human themes behind his futuristic opera.” – Time Out Boston

“In Tod Machover’s new opera, Death and the Powers, high technology meets high anxiety.” – Boston Phoenix

WGBH’s “Greater Boston” – A.R.T. Artistic Director Diane Paulus is about to have four of her directorial efforts running simultaneously—including Hair, The Donkey Show, Death and the Powers, and Prometheus Bound.

“There’s a decent argument that the true onstage stars of “Death’’ are made of wires, metal, and LED lights. These are the robots, including a dozen “Operabots,’’ as Machover calls them, with plastic, pizza box-shaped heads…” – The Boston Globe

“Ultimately it’s the relationships, the loss, the longing to connect that give this opera its emotional weight.” – The Atlantic