Unscripted: Postcards
UNSCRIPTED: Postcards invites you to be part of Christina Cook’s transformational storytelling experience with her collaborators Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg, Rae Takei, Sara Vickruck, Melicia Zaini and dramaturg Joanna Garfinkel.
Meet Spiling, a PhD student working to get letters after her name—and postcards from her dead grandma—in this whimsical, non-linear work of autobiography and fantasy. It turns out higher education isn’t that fun when you have to fight to be recognized for who you are. Easier to have a conversation with your dead grandmother—even if it means skipping midterms and leaving your (very much alive) mother on read.
This beguiling and tender work of performance art features a trans woman of letters who goes on a postcard journey through time and realizes ‘love’—for mother, grandmother, and herself—isn’t just a four-letter word after all.
Immerse yourself in this poetic and playful universe and let it speak to your many selves with a small dose of time travel. Come and engage with excerpts of the performance and live music, and even write a postcard or two to the future you. Be part of the evolution of Postcards, a celebration of trans joy.
ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT
Christina Cook (she/they) is an interdisciplinary theatre artist, arts-based scholar, and therapist. When Christina was a kid, she wanted to be a counsellor like her favourite character, Deanna Troi, on Star Trek, OR she wanted to act alongside Deanna Troi, starring in her favourite TV show, Star Trek. She feels lucky that, as an adult, she gets to do different versions of both. Christina’s playwriting focuses on trans, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming narratives, and her work advocates gender liberation for all. She is writing and performing in her newest piece, Postcards. Christina’s previous writing credits include the play Quick Bright Things, which was nominated for a Governor General’s award, ‘A practical (if dated) treatise on the art of genderqueer dancing’ in Evan Tsitsias and Bilal Baig’s This is Beyond: A Time Capsule of Queer Experience. In addition to her artistic work, Christina is a counselling psychologist, and she strives to foster interdisciplinary work born from passionate commitments to mental wellness and theatre.
Sat, 1 Mar Doors 7:30pm
PL 1422 Lab
1422 William Street, Vancouver
