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Running time:
One hour and fifteen minutes
plus intermission. Also available
in a 60 or 50 minute version.

Video, press packet, recommendations,
and references available upon request.

Available for performances
at theaters, colleges, benefits,
corporate functions, retreats
and events of all kinds.

For booking information, contact

Susan Poulin/Gordon Carlisle
Poolyle Productions
24 Brattle Street
South Berwick, Maine 03908
Phone/Fax 207-384-4526
Email info@poolyle.com
Web www.poolyle.com

 

 
Ida: Woman Who
Runs With the Moose
Meet Ida LeClair. She lives in the small town of Mahoosuc Mills, Maine with her husband, Charlie. Stories? She's got a double-wide mobile home full of them. Find out what really happens when the husbands go off hunting for the weekend. Hear about the amazing adventures Ida and her friends, Celeste, Rita, Betty, Dot, and Shirley have in "the Bonneville." You've heard of Maine humor Down East? Here's Maine humor from in-state, the heart of the North country, where the women run with the moose.

Ida: Woman Who Runs With the Moose received the Portsmouth Herald's 1997-1998 Spotlight on the Arts Award for Play of the Year, and Susan was voted Actress of the Year for her portrayal of Ida.

Listen to
"Come On And Run With The Moose" (mp3)

 NEWS FLASH! This show is now available on CD for $12 and can be purchased at all Poolyle Productions performances! Can't make it to a show? Place an order by phone 207-384-4526 or info@poolyle.com

Or buy via PayPal:

($3 added for shipping on phone, email and PayPal orders)
Ida, with her beauty-parlor-poufed hairdo and WalMart wardrobe, may look like a rural ditz, but she isn't. Honed by earthy common sense, generosity, an irrepressible joie de vivre and a willingness to give new ideas a try, her observations are razor sharp.... From start to finish we laugh with Ida but at nobody, the most satisfying laughter there is.
-- The Boston Globe

Prepare to hurt from laughing...dry, incisive wit that does Maine humor proud. With excellent writing as well as acting, this performance feels seamless.
-- The Exeter News-Letter

As Ida, Poulin line-dances her way into your heart.
-- Foster's Daily Democrat

Being a Maine native, I’m picky about Maine humor. I want the real thing-no romanticized or derogatory drivel from someone who doesn't know the sweet yet tough soul of Maine’s people. Susan Poulin knows.... Be prepared to leave the theater with your smile muscles aching.
-- Maine Sunday Telegram

Poulin is such a seductive storyteller that she can hold the audience on her own without so much as raising her voice...”Ida” works so well because Poulin doesn’t condescend to her character.
-- Casco Bay Weekly

Powerfully charming one-woman show.
-- Portland Press Herald

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