Saving Susannah: A Tale of Blood Ties and Homesick Hearts
Untold stories don’t disappear — they push for expression. Saving Susannah is a kaleidoscopic memoir told from shifting perspectives, weaving historical fact alongside imagined conversations to create lost worlds. Written and performed by Josephine John, MA, MFA an award-winning actor, scriptwriter, dancer and choreographer.
February 12 at 7 p.m. and February 13, at 3 p.m. in Sanders Hall.
$20/ticket
Register to attend February 12 at 7 p.m.
Register to attend February 13, at 3 p.m.
About the Event:
Are we our ancestor’s deputies? Does the force of their intentions, aspirations and suffering continue in our lives and the lives of future generations?
A shocking event catapults a woman into a dark tunnel moving forward and backwards across time. As an Australian immigrant whose parents closed the door on the past, Ms. John was compelled to feel her way through the dark to bring forward lost ancestral voices.
Untold stories don’t disappear – they push for expression. Like digging for fossils in wet earth, her family’s story slowly gained contour and definition. They were stories that needed to be told to heal the injuries of the past and — to heal the present.
Using emerging research in Family Systems Theory and Epigenetics, multi-generational narratives were assembled – revealing alarming patterns of behavior and repetitions across generations. It was a fluid, associative dreamlike journey of discovery.
An early draft presented at The Jung Center Houston in 2015 was well-received and in 2019 a reading supported by projection designs was staged at Midtown Arts & Theater Center.
Ms. John brings the tools of the theatre – character development and narrative arc to the understanding of generational change over time.
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