Past Associate Productions.
Postcards to My Younger Transexual Self (or YTS) Ages 0 - 119.
A Whimsical Work of Autofiction
By Christina Cook
Presented by Playwrights Theatre Centre
In association with the frank theatre company
Christina Cook in Postcards to My YTS. Photo by Danny Guay.
Tara Cheyenne Freidenberg in Postcards to My YTS. Photo by Danny Guay.
Rae Takei in Postcards to My YTS. Photo by Danny Guay.
Saturday, March 1st, 2025 @ 7:30 pm
Progress Lab 1422 (1422 William Street, Vancouver, BC)
UNSCRIPTED: Postcards invites you to be part of Christina Cook’s transformational storytelling experience with her collaborators. Part of the development of Postcards to My Younger Transexual Self (or YTS) Ages 0 - 119.
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.
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Artistic Team
Playwright/Performer: Christina Cook
Collaborators: Joanna Garfinkel, Scott Button, Sara Vickruck, Rae Takei, Victoria (V) Bell, Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg, Liz Oakley and Melicia Zaini.
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