Transmutation: A Ceremony
October 10 and 11, 2025
Location: Judson Memorial Church, New York City
Mirror Memoirs is proud to present a full-scale live production of our theater project, “Transmutation: A Ceremony,” a performance featuring our sacred storytellers Samantha Jo Dato, Ebony Ava Harper, Alexandra Magallon, and Sydney Rogers. This production, supporting these four Black and Afro-Latina transgender women sharing their true stories of surviving child sexual abuse and the ongoing violence of transmisogynoir, and their visions of healing and the world we need and deserve, was written and directed by Luna Merbruja, Amita Swadhin, and Jaden Cervantes-Fields.
A work-in-progress version of “Transmutation: A Ceremony” was filmed in 2021 at the Aratani Theater in Los Angeles. This weekend is the first and only live production, featuring two performances in New York City’s Greenwich Village.
After the 90-minute show, we will host a talk-back featuring our Cast Members and Co-Directors. Our panelists will draw connections between abolitionist, intersectional efforts to end child sexual abuse and other movements to end systemic, cultural, and historical violence. In a time of accelerating genocide against transgender people, Black people, and especially Black transgender people, Mirror Memoirs is grateful for the clear call to action illuminated by our cast members’ stories.
Friday, October 10 Agenda:
- 6:00 pm Doors Open
- 6:00-7:00 pm Seating
- 7:00-8:30 pm Live Performance
- 8:30-9:00 pm Post Show Talk-Back w/Cast & Directors
- 9:00 pm Doors Close
Saturday, October 11 Agenda:
- 4:00 pm Doors Open
- 4:00-5:00 pm Seating
- 5:00-6:30 pm Live Performance
- 6:30-7:00 pm Post Show Talk-Back w/Cast & Directors
- 7:00 pm Doors Close
Event Logistics:
In service of one another’s well-being, we will be distributing KN95 masks at the door. Masks will be required at all times.
Accessibility:
Judson Memorial Church is wheelchair accessible at their 243 Thompson Street entrance, which is ground level with an elevator that can bring individuals with accessibility needs up. The performance and Q&A are conducted in English. If you need ASL interpretation or have other access needs, please email us at: info@mirrormemoirs.org
RSVP here.
Writing Workshop
With Maxwell Joy Moore
July 12, 2025
Location: Zoom
Mirror Memoirs member event.
Where is the place where climax and catharsis meet? Furthermore, what is on the other side of release? This writing workshop will ask these questions and more, giving participants a generative perspective on the writing process. Come to dream about what is possible when we release and recoup together.
Maxwell Joy Moore (ze/they) is a dialogue facilitator, poet, podcaster, and political agitator with a fierce desire to create fresh and irresistible narratives about the Black trans disabled experience.
Join our network to get registration information. We send the meeting link in our Core Member email blast (be sure to check your spam folder!)