Day is one woman’s deeply funny journey through traumatic grief, chronic illness and the untamable joy discovered while she huddled in the darkest recesses of her worst nightmares. Through clowning, storytelling, archival recordings and family interviews, Emma Yarbrough crafts a moving offering to the memory of her Aunt Day, her familial soulmate who she lost to a shocking act of violence, all while coping with her own life-changing health diagnosis and the legacy she shares with Day—a family curse/blessing of exceptionality, of laughing through tears at the absurdity and breathtaking beauty of it all.
Advisory: Discussion of sexual matters and family trauma
Performance Schedule
One performance only!
Thursday, August 28 7:30pm
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Meet the Playwright: Emma Yarbrough
Emma Yarbrough is a storyteller, immersive theater-maker and clown from Eufaula, Alabama. Emma studied theater at Emory University and trained in physical theater and clowning at the Accademia dell’Arte in Arezzo, Italy. Emma has performed with Out of Hand Theatre, the Object Group, 7 Stages, and Theater Emory and presented original work at the Center for Puppetry Arts, Barn Arts Theater in Tremont, Maine, and Deer Bear Wolf’s immersive Transgression series. In addition to her work in theater, Emma serves as a senior producer for the international storytelling organization the Story Collider.
