August 1917. Wilfred Owen, a 24-year-old shell-shocked British soldier, meets the famous poet, soldier, and war protestor Siegfried Sassoon at Craiglockhart War Hospital in Scotland. Their mutual love of poetry and disillusionment with the war draws them together, sparking a powerful friendship. Their story is a testament to the enduring power of love and poetry.

7 Stages is thrilled to present the latest original work from New Orleans-based theater ensemble, Mondo Bizarro. The company that has been creating interdisciplinary art and fostering creative partnerships in local, national and international communities for fourteen years.

The Way at Midnight is humorous and incorporates theatrical performance, visual installation, projection mapping, and live and recorded music. Ancestral DNA leaps across generations, via projection screens, onto the bodies of performers Hannah Pepper-Cunningham and Nick Slie. It is an incisive performance questioning the role cartography has played in colonization, and the way that legacies live in our bodies and affect our lives.  Midnight explores confrontations with losing and being lost from the colonial period through the digital age. The two main actors become seven characters on an interconnected journey to reckon with — and maybe even reimagine — their inheritance and ancestry.

Midnight encourages connection through shared stories past and present as well as illuminating our simple connection as humans regardless of our difference.

Performances will take place Thursday, November 1^st – Sunday, November 4^th at 7 Stages in Little 5 Points, Atlanta, Georgia. In addition to the performances, the residency will be enhanced with artist and community gatherings including an opening reception, artist workshop, and an Art of Activism brunch dialogue.

The Way at Midnight is made possible with support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts (a federal agency) and the National Performance Network’s Artist Engagement Fund, Creation Fund and Forth Fund Programs.

The Way at Midnight is a National Performance Network (NPN) Creation Fund Project co-commissioned by Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans in partnership with Clear Creek Creative, 7 Stages, and NPN. For more information: www.npnweb.org

August 1917. Wilfred Owen, a 24-year-old shell-shocked British soldier, meets the famous poet, soldier, and war protestor Siegfried Sassoon at Craiglockhart War Hospital in Scotland. Their mutual love of poetry and disillusionment with the war draws them together, sparking a powerful friendship. Their story is a testament to the enduring power of love and poetry.

Corian Ellisor presents My People

Friday, November 9th at 8pm
Saturday, November 10th at 8pm
Sunday, November 11th at 7pm

Get your tickets here!

My People is a movement conversation between two queer human bodies of color.

This multimedia performance by Corian Ellisor and Alex Abarca explores identity in relationship to family. (Birth and Chosen). With the use of dance, theater, music, costumes and film a nonlinear narrative gleans perspective on how these close affiliations tie into making us the humans we are.

We as family members are consciously and unconsciously making choices that are based upon our learned knowledge from the most influential people in our lives. Being a part of the queer community, our chosen family can have more of an impact on our everyday lives. WE are usually outcast from our birth families and seek shelter and comfort int hose who can related to our own struggles.

My People gives a peek inside what is is like when one is considered “other” and how we rely on our family to help navigate situations in a hostile sociopolitical climate. The performance elevates the story o marginalized communities and how they continue to persevere.

August 1917. Wilfred Owen, a 24-year-old shell-shocked British soldier, meets the famous poet, soldier, and war protestor Siegfried Sassoon at Craiglockhart War Hospital in Scotland. Their mutual love of poetry and disillusionment with the war draws them together, sparking a powerful friendship. Their story is a testament to the enduring power of love and poetry.

Corian Ellisor presents My People

Friday, November 9th at 8pm
Saturday, November 10th at 8pm
Sunday, November 11th at 7pm

Get your tickets here!

My People is a movement conversation between two queer human bodies of color.

This multimedia performance by Corian Ellisor and Alex Abarca explores identity in relationship to family. (Birth and Chosen). With the use of dance, theater, music, costumes and film a nonlinear narrative gleans perspective on how these close affiliations tie into making us the humans we are.

We as family members are consciously and unconsciously making choices that are based upon our learned knowledge from the most influential people in our lives. Being a part of the queer community, our chosen family can have more of an impact on our everyday lives. WE are usually outcast from our birth families and seek shelter and comfort int hose who can related to our own struggles.

My People gives a peek inside what is is like when one is considered “other” and how we rely on our family to help navigate situations in a hostile sociopolitical climate. The performance elevates the story o marginalized communities and how they continue to persevere.

August 1917. Wilfred Owen, a 24-year-old shell-shocked British soldier, meets the famous poet, soldier, and war protestor Siegfried Sassoon at Craiglockhart War Hospital in Scotland. Their mutual love of poetry and disillusionment with the war draws them together, sparking a powerful friendship. Their story is a testament to the enduring power of love and poetry.