To me, one of the most powerful things about live theatre is the opportunity and invitation to step outside of yourself for a few hours and empathize with another living, breathing human being experiencing struggle. Never has it been more clear how badly we need empathy in our communities. We come upon all seven of these women in search of something more. They have decided their lives need changing, and they have decided that they cannot find that change in their home communities. But very few of their journeys progress as planned. (After all, mystic nuns of the Middle Ages did not live predictable lives.) Intrinsic divinity for these women is not found in isolation, but in community, in the willingness to be vulnerable, and in the embrace of Joy and Pleasure.

True vulnerability is not only about trauma and pain. It is about the courage to Know Yourself, to Trust Yourself, and to Love Yourself. To Love Yourself knowing all that life has put you through, those wounds you have endured, and the ways you have learned to hurt yourself. May you find joy in this piece.

And may you perhaps be inspired to choose Courage - be it Courage of Pleasure, Courage of Understanding, Courage of Healing, and maybe, just maybe, Courage of Joy. 

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