One performance only!
Thursday, August 28 7:30pm
Part riotous memoir and part ritual of remembrance, in DAY, Yarbrough spins stories of chronic illness and traumatic grief into an unexpectedly joyful meditation on identity and resilience.
With storytelling, family archives, improvisational movement, and shadow puppetry, Yarbrough conjures the magical spirit of her beloved Aunt Day. Through Day’s eyes, the world is full of humor and wonder, and her lens will stay with you long after Yarbrough’s stories come to an end.
Advisory: Discussion of sexual matters and family trauma
Creative Team
Emma Yarbrough – Playwright, Performer
Cait Greenamyre – Director, Producer
Melissa Word – Movement Director
Julia Miller – Puppet Design
Nicholas Surbey – Dramaturg
Elizabeth Jarrett – Experience Designer
Miles Yarbrough, Neil Yarbrough, Sylvan Esso – Music
Day Williamson, Mitzi Yarbrough – Original Art
Mimms Cross – Graphic Design
Meet the Playwright: Emma Yarbrough
Emma Yarbrough is a storyteller, immersive theater-maker and clown from Eufaula, Alabama. A passionate advocate for arts education and community-building, Emma currently serves as the Senior Associate Director for Emory Arts at Emory University, where she earned a degree in Theater Studies. Emma trained in physical theater and clowning at the Accademia dell’Arte in Arezzo, Italy. As a devised theater-maker, Emma has worked with Out of Hand Theater, the Object Group, 7 Stages, and Theater Emory and presented original work at Alliance Theatre, Synchronicity Theatre, Center for Puppetry Arts and Barn Arts Collective in Tremont, Maine. Emma serves as a senior producer for the storytelling organization the Story Collider, hosting live storytelling shows, coaching storytellers as they craft their work for performance, and teaching workshops on the art of personal narrative.
Read the full interview here.
