7th cousins
An Automythography
Photo by Sam Choisy
From July 7th to August 6th, 2015, Erin Brubacher and I walked 700 kilometres, from Pennsylvania to Ontario. A stranger asked if we were walking to learn how to work and be together. This was certainly part of it.
“7th Cousins is a sharp, very personal and insightful work of documentary theatre that embodies a kind of honest female friendship that is so important to experience in our current moment, as well as a journey into the U.S. that gives trenchant insights far beyond what I was expecting.”
—Jacob Wren, PME-ART
PERFORMANCE PROJECT COLLABORATORS
CO-CREATORS/ PERFORMERS:
Erin Brubacher
Christine Brubaker
DIRECTORS:
Andrea Nann, director/choreographer
Christopher Stanton, director/dramaturge
PRODUCTION TEAM:
Kaitlin Hickey, production designer
Erum Khan, production assistant
ALL PHOTOS BY ERIN BRUBACHER unless otherwise noted
Photo by Erum Khan
7th Cousins is a performance project that plays for audiences in community halls, places of worship, bars, clubs and other public meeting places. 7th Cousins: An Automythography, is new bookwork component of the project, published by Book *hug. The book documents the walk itself and the performance text they generated afterwards. Included throughout are photo essays from the journey and commentaries from our collaborators Christopher Stanton, Andrea Nann, Kaitlin Hickey, and Erum Khan. Now available online or at your local book sellers.
