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Podcast Episode: Consent, Collaboration, and Queer Access Intimacy
Just released the latest episode of Gender Euphoria, the Podcast with HowlRound Theatre Commons! Making Space: Consent, Collaboration, and Queer Access Intimacy With Guests J.C. Pankratz and Emmett Podgorski This episode is a series of reflective conversations with playwright J.C. Pankratz and actor Emmett Podgorski on our production process for JC’s new play Seahorse. The…
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Sound Design Fieldtrip
Justin, James, and I took a field trip to the Lake Erie Nature Preserve to record some raw audio for the sound cues in the show.
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Director’s Talk. Exploring Queer-Trans Intimacy, Disability Aesthetics, and Community Care in JC Pankratz’s Seahorse
In this director’s talk, CWRU Humanities in Leadership Learning Series postdoctoral scholar Nicolas Shannon Savard describes how feminist performance practice, queer theory, disability aesthetics and principles of community-engaged art making informed their approach to the design and the collaborative process in this spring’s production of Seahorse. The talk offers behind-the-scenes insight into how the cast and…
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Nicolas Shannon interviews JC Pankratz on Gender Euphoria, the Podcast
Queer Intimacies, Trans Futures, Grief, and Radical Hope in Seahorse With Guest J.C. Pankratz Host, Nicolas Shannon Savard interviews playwright JC Pankratz about their play, Seahorse, a poetic, stream-of-consciousness one-person show about a trans man’s attempts at artificial insemination following his husband’s unexpected death. The conversation will dive into the “messiness” of imagining futures you can’t…
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Behind-the-Scenes Audio Tour
Inspired by the workshop on audio description for performance I took with Liz Thomson this fall and the Royal Shakespeare Company’s pre-show touch tours, I’ve created a behind-the-scenes audio tour for our production of Seahorse. In it, I provide in-depth audio description of the venue, set, props, and costumes and a few of the stories…
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Overview: A Talk, A Performance, A Gathering
Tuesday, April 4 Kelvin Smith Library, Dampeer Room. CWRU Campus, Euclid Ave. Cleveland “Exploring Queer-Trans Intimacy, Disability Aesthetics, and Community Care” A director’s talk by Nicolas Shannon Savard in conjunction with the Special Collections Department at Kelvin Smith Library, 4:00pm Listen to the talk here Thursday, April 6 Playwriting Workshop with JC Pankratz sponsored by…
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Venue, Parking, and Accessibility Information
Getting There Maelstrom Collaborative Arts is located at 5403 Detroit Ave. in Cleveland’s Detroit Shoreway neighborhood, just blocks away from Gordon Arts Square and the LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland. The building is on the corner of Detroit Ave. and W. 54th St. Free street parking is available on both W. 54th and Detroit.…
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Stream Seahorse on demand, May 10-31, 2023
A recording of the performance will be available to stream on demand May 10-31, 2023. General admission tickets are free or by a pay-what-you-will donation. All proceeds will go to volunteer-led, not-for-profit organizations that serve northeast Ohio’s transgender community. Your donation will support the work of: Register here to get tickets and access the show…
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Production Photos
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Digital Program: Seahorse
DIRECTOR’S NOTE When I first read Seahorse about a year ago, I was drawn to its poetry, its blurring of the constraints of time, space, and bodies. Beyond what Reuben says explicitly, JC’s stage directions offered a glimpse into his inner world. As a reader, I was sometimes observing the lone character, at times in…