I, Joan

Vermont Theatre Company (VTC) presents “I, Joan,” by Charlie Josephine – a powerful imagining of the story of Joan of Arc as a genderqueer warrior stepping into their power and identity – full of vulnerability, humor, tragedy, dance battles, absurdity, faith, and revolutionary spirit.

“I, Joan,” originally created by playwright and actor Charlie Josephine, had its premier at London’s historic Globe Theatre. The play centers the familiar icon, Joan of Arc, a teenaged peasant, leader of the French army, and convicted heretic who refused to stop wearing men’s clothing. The historical figure, Joan la Pucelle, became a martyr, and later, a saint. “Her” story has been told many times since the 1400s by the men in power, with their specific cultural understandings of Joan’s actions and identity recorded as history. “I, Joan” explores the possibility of Joan as they might have seen their own identities, spiritualities, and connections, if they…