Event

180 Days

Hospice of Santa Cruz County and the UCSC Department of Community Studies are proud to partner as sponsors of the one-woman show, 180 Days, written and performed by UCSC alumna Taren Sterry. 180 Days is the true story of her first six months working in hospice. While attending UCSC in 2001-2 she embarks on a six month ethnographic field study to work with terminally ill patients and their families. Taren eagerly anticipates having deep spiritual encounters with her patients, but to do that she must first learn how to survive in a foreign land, face the past and savor the taste of humble pie.

180 Days has been performing to sold-out audiences in New York City and at conferences and hospice events around the county. Sterry is a writer, performer, teacher, and Manager of Volunteer Services for the Visiting Nurse Service of New York Hospice Care. The 60-minute performance will be followed by a brief discussion hosted by UCSC Lecturer Wendy Martyna & HSCC Volunteer Coordinator Radha Mallery.