Mirror Memoirs presents

TRANSMUTATION: A CEREMONY

“Transmutation: A Ceremony,” a performance featuring our sacred storytellers Samantha Jo Dato, Ebony Ava Harper, Alexandra Magallon, and Sydney Rogers. This production supports these four Black and Afro-Latinx transgender, non-binary, and intersex femme survivors of child sexual abuse to share their true stories of survival, and their visions of healing and the world we need and deserve.

The theater project written and directed by Luna Merbruja, Amita Swadhin, and Jaden Fields, is based on 20 hours of writing workshops and additional one-on-one interviews with the cast members. All of the cast members have a significant connection to Los Angeles, the backdrop setting for much of the play.

The initial production was filmed in advance at the Aratani Theater in Los Angeles on November 6, 2021.

“Transmutation: A Ceremony” LIVE!

Mirror Memoirs is proud to present a full-scale live production of our theater project in New York City this Fall!

October 10, 2025, 7 PM

October 11, 2025, 5 PM

Location: Judson Memorial Church

RSVP here.

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.