Wagon Tracks at 222 N Marina St – Prescott, AZ

Wagon Tracks: A Reimagination of Feminine Divinity… Apocalyptic and Redemptive

A one woman show written and performed by Delisa Myles

Directed by Jay Ruby

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There will be no late entry for this one act performance, please make sure you arrive by 6:45, doors will open at 6:30.

Performance includes some adult themes 

Each performance will be followed by a panel discussion 

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Reviews of Wagon Tracks:

“Wagon Tracks” charts Myles’ investigation into early notions of what it means to be female, as prescribed by the Mormon church and as portrayed by her own female ancestors. Myles first inhabits the worldview she’s challenging, and then carves a path out of that view, into a more habitable feminine landscape and paradigm. 

Both apocalyptic and redemptive, Delisa Myles’ “Wagon Tracks” challenges the patriarchy, dismantles gender discrimination in Mormon doctrine, uncovers buried female sexuality, sheds associated sexual shame, rewrites divinity, and rejoices in the revised feminine truth. With reinvention of the holy trinity, Myles ushers in a new day and the audience is baptized in the newness.” 

–Melanie Bishop 

“Sometimes a performance comes along that melds words, movement, story, artist and that amorphous element, that magical ingredient that defies description.  Such is Delisa Myles’  WAGON TRACKS.  Part memoir, part history, Delisa takes us on a journey that we do not simply observe, we experience.  We feel the exhaustion of a life without repose, the rage of a life limited by autocratic actions of men, the joy of seeing light when least expected, and the triumph when we of the audience join with this Every Woman who stands within us and before us on the stage declaring her self-hood, her right to do more than just exist, who shouts her rightful place in the Universe. This is a performance piece that stuns with its artistry, that shocks with its raw power,  that lifts us with its lyricism and asks us to examine our own lives in the bright light of love and the deep dark of despair.  In each of us, the piece argues, resides that spark that ignites giving us the sheer will to not just follow the wagon tracks, but to create them as well.”

–Gail Mangham, Founder and Artistic Director of The Artist’s Path– Dedicated to Showcasing Artists Who Shape Our World

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Artist Bios:

Delisa Myles is a dancer, choreographer, and interdisciplinary artist traversing the spirals of dance, healing and community creativity for the last 35 years. She is currently on the board of directors for Cosmos Theatre Arts and is thrilled to be part of a growing community of innovative performance artists in Prescott. Delisa was central in developing the Performing Arts Program at Prescott College and was a faculty member from 1994-2016. Her performing career has taken her throughout the US as well as through Europe in the early 1990s. She is a founding member of Human Nature Dance Theatre, an interdisciplinary performance collective with a 30 year history. She holds an MFA in Choreography and Performance from the University of Colorado. 

Delisa’s mythopoetic choreographic work takes inspiration from personal narrative, the natural world, intergenerational connections, and improvising with the embodied information arising in each moment. She has an ongoing curiosity with observing herself and supporting others to grow, change, and create over the span of a lifetime. She and her husband are currently stewards of Delicious Earth Farm, a one-acre urban farm in Prescott. Combining the processes of food growing, art making and community weaving are guiding intentions for the farm and for creating an artful life.  

Jay Ruby is the Director and Founder of The Carpetbag Brigade Physical Theater Company, through which he has overseen the creation of their acrobatic stilt performances, international tours, cross-cultural collaborations and community residencies. He believes theater is a platform to share the essence of human existence through embodied storytelling. He currently serves on the board at Hazeltine Theater where he produces #TCBCurates, a performance series showcasing original works from professional artists addressing social issues.

Jay met Delisa in 1997 shortly after moving to Prescott. They have supported each other and performed in diverse productions together over the last three decades. In 2016 he began collaborating as a Director to facilitate the creative process underlying Delisa Myles’ Wagon Tracks. Learn more about Jay’s work at carpetbagbrigade.com