breathing while trans Brennan O'Rourke
About This Show
breathing while trans, a theatre and poetry piece, investigates what it means to breathe as a trans-feminine person. I often find myself catching my breath or holding my breath. Why do I do this? What about survival has taught me to hold my breath? On the subway, in conversations, in moments where people mis-gender me or moments of violence, why do I hold my breath? I always heard as an actor, you have to breathe – connect to your roots. But what happens when I don’t know where my roots are? What happens when I can’t remember how to breathe?
About the Artists
Brennan O’Rourke is a white, queer, trans-femme theatre practitioner, poet, and sexuality and arts educator. They hold a BA in Dramatizing Justice from NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study. Previous playwriting credits: your own kind of normal (Dixon Place) and it’s a blur (The Dare Tactic @ Wow Cafe Theater). Zir plays often explore the relationship among queerness, mental health and sexual violence. Brennan is pursuing an MA in Applied Theatre at CUNY SPS.
Salomé Egas is a proudly Ecuadorian mestiza performer and powerhouse who is permanently questioning her complicated identity through dance, theater and film. Her works focus on racial justice, immigration femme empowerment and radical self-love; and are always looking for new avenues to liberate and indigenize the body, mind and soul. She is the founder of F.U.N. Theater Collective, and the clothing brand, BrujaFeminism IG:brujafeminism
Tuesday July 9, 2019 at 7:30PM
General Admission
$15 in advance
$18 at the door
Stu./Sen./idNYC
$12 in advance
$15 at the door
45-60 minutes
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Director
Salomé Egas