Current Presentation
Unscripted: Postcards.
A Whimsical Work of Autofiction
By Christina Cook
Presented by Playwrights Theatre Centre in association with the frank theatre company
Saturday, March 1st, 2025 @ 7:30 pm
PL 1422 (1422 William Street, Vancouver, BC)
Tickets: Pay-What-You-Can
Christina Cook.
Presenter
UNSCRIPTED: Postcards invites you to be part of Christina Cook’s transformational storytelling experience with her collaborators.
Meet Spiling, a PhD student working to get letters after her name—and postcards from her dead grandma—in this whimsical, non-linear work of autobiography and fantasy. It turns out higher education isn’t that fun when you have to fight to be recognized for who you are. Easier to have a conversation with your dead grandmother—even if it means skipping midterms and leaving your (very much alive) mother on read.
This beguiling and tender work of performance art features a trans woman of letters who goes on a postcard journey through time and realizes ‘love’—for mother, grandmother, and herself—isn’t just a four-letter word after all.
Immerse yourself in this poetic and playful universe and let it speak to your many selves with a small dose of time travel.
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Artistic Team
Writer and Creator: Christina Cook
Collaborators: Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg, Rae Takei, Sara Vickruck, Melicia Zaini and dramaturg Joanna Garfinkel
Producer: Scott Button