One performance only!
Thursday, August 28 7:30pm
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 movement, storytelling, and archival recordings Emma Yarbrough crafts a moving offering to the memory of her Aunt Day, her familial soulmate who she lost to an act of shocking violence, all while coping with her own life-changing health diagnosis and the legacy she shares with Day—a family curse (Or is it a blessing?), of exceptionality, of laughing through tears at the absurdity and breathtaking beauty of it all.
Advisory: Discussion of sexual matters and family trauma
Creative Team
Emma Yarbrough – Playwright, Performer
Caitlin Greenamyre – Director
Melissa Word – movement director
Nicholas Surbey – dramaturg
Elizabeth Jarrett – designer
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.
