A mother's job is tireless, thankless and endless, but then again, bringing a life into this world is probably the most rewarding experience of all.

This is the theme of the new comedy "The Passion of the Hausfrau" by Bess Welden, Annette Jolles and Nicole Chaison. Bess Welden brings an unending passion and energy to the show in a solo performance that is enlivened with imitating the reactions of her kids and husband.

This play is a must for every mother, because not only is it highly entertaining, but it shows that the battle of being a housewife is not singular.

Welden's enthusiasm and stress level are as real and palpiable as the hard seats in the theatre. My occasional conversations with my sister, a mother of two young children, could be played almost verbatim from the scenes where Welden relates epic trips to the grocery store.

And the title itself is the sensitive subject of reality. Some woman happily take the label of the housewife and thrive in this role, but some work brutally hard to have another label, any other label, because somewhere they feel it compromises their dreams.

This is the type of mother the play focuses on. And then, with a slight of hand, the play brings the dreaded label housewife, into a peaceful resolution with youthful dreams and aspirations before motherhood. Indeed, the housewife becomes a character compared with Joyce's Bloom and Homer's Odysseus.

The point here is that the play is real and works real stories and dialog into a confused and convoluted world. It is well worth a view.