Transduction at The Shop at MATTER

We all "know" Transgender people are being indoctrinated into being trans, but what would the indoctrination actually look like? “Transduction” is a look inside what that indoctrination ceremony might look like. The Transgender Alien guides the audience through the experience of being trans until the FBI finds them, and then it all goes astray.

In their new solo performance piece “Transduction,” queer, transgender non-binary artist-activist Sam Charney invites audiences to experience the world as a transgender person, to celebrate the joys and understand the perils.

Blending multimedia experiences with live performance rooted in acting, Charney uses personal testimony, news footage, and darkly playful audience interaction to create a genre-defying experience. Building upon their 2024 Denver Fringe solo work “The Cult of Gender,” this new piece deepens the conversation — inviting audiences to question everything they think they “know” about gender.