Content Notice: The historical story of Joan of Arc includes war, misogynistic violence and persecution, and sexual violence inflicted during imprisonment. This play additionally includes transphobia in the form of themes, misgendering and gendered insults, dissociation and dysphoria, interpersonal/domestic partner verbal aggression, and liberal use of expletives.

I, Joan, by Charlie Josephine– the 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, and revolutionary spirit!

You may have heard of Joan of Arc as a teenaged peasant, leader in the French army, a heretic who refused to stop wearing men’s clothing. Perhaps you know them as a martyr, and later, a saint. Joan’s story has been told many times since the 1400s, written by mostly men, with those men’s understandings of Joan’s actions and identity recorded as history. Playwright Charlie Josephine and Director Jess Iris invite us to explore the possibility of Joan as Joan might have seen their own identity, community, and spirituality with today’s language and understanding. Along the way, there will be music, dancing, puppets, drumming, tragedy, righteous anger, love and joy!