CHRONIC PAin au chocolat at 7 Stages Theatre

a joyous circus abOUT A BADLY HURT BODY

but fuNNY!

genderqueer juggleRIST / UNICYCLISTER

janoah thE JESTER

(ze/ZIR)

endures mysterioUS ONE-SIDED PAIN

splitting zir boDY DIRECTLY IN TWO

smack dab dOWN THE MIDDLE

zir left feels right ZIR RIGHT FEELS WRONG

janoah baLANCES:

happiness throUGH HURT

being a beING IN BETWEEN

dastardLY DIVISION

binaryNESS

sexiNESS

and otherNESSES!

we might even sTUMBLE UPON A BIT OF

“wholeness”

exPECT:

astounding cirCUS TRICKS

intimate stoRYTELLING

some sorT OF DANCE

perhaps soME PUPPETRY

barely aNY FRENCH

anD

definitely a STRIPTEASE

"Janoah the Jester’s body is on fire. Half of it, to be specific. Chronic pain in zir right forearm radiates from neck to foot in different qualities and quantities, fileting zir body in two. With disarming vulnerability and self-awareness that accompanies circus acts and character-based storytelling, Janoah brings us into zir world, delivering comedic punches that let audiences swim in the deep end of zir world of pain....

A gentle look at a person, in all their joys and pains, struggling. Janoah tangles zir body up in threads of sweet sensitivity, contemplating pain, disability, and queerness in a way that invites people in rather than keeping them out."

Ankita Sharma, Possibilities Within Pain