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Based on the playwrights own experience with their father, your own kind of normal is an intimate portrayal of schizophrenia, queerness and healing. A re-embodying of the memories most crucial for a childs understanding of their relationship with their father. The fathers mental health and the childs queerness sometimes come into conflict. Their memories take center stage, as the child attempts to reconcile the pain and hurt they caused each other. Through the embodied process of remembering, the father and child learn how to reconcile their understandings of each other and work to heal the damage they have caused. An earlier version of the play received a staged reading at Dixon Place in October 2018.
Brennan ORourke (they/them, ze/zir) is a white, queer, trans-femme theatre practitioner, teaching artist, sexuality health educator and poet dedicated to queer inclusivity, anti-racist practices and radical access. Their work as a director and playwright has been showcased at NYU Gallatin, Dixon Place, Manhattan Repertory Theatre, Queerly Festival, presented by Frigid New York at the Kraine Theater and Skidmore College. Upcoming project: You Sound Like a Girl at IRT. Ze holds a BA in Dramatizing Justice from NYUs Gallatin School of Individualized Study and is currently pursuing an MA in Applied Theatre at CUNY School of Professional Studies. Follow @ksbrennan1 on Instagram.
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Location13th Street Repertory Theater (View)
50 West 13th Street
New York City, NY 10011
United States
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