"No Contract" By Kirsten Wilson (Special Performance for Immunocompromised Audiences)
Category: Arts & Entertainment
Date and Time
- Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 6pm - 8pm
Location
Dairy Arts Center
2590 Walnut St
Details
*Note: This show is a special performance for immunocompromised audiences!
This show provides the following: Audience capacity is at 30% to provide space for two empty seats between audience members. KN95 masks must be worn by performers and audience members. Air filtration used. 6 feet of space between performers and front row.
No Contract is a one-woman show exploring a mother’s request not to endure dementia. It asks: “is there a way to have dementia without tragedy, when ‘to be or not to be’ is always the question?”
Created by Kirsten Wilson in honor of her mother and loved ones everywhere, experiencing or caring for people with dementia.
No Contract is a one-woman show by Kirsten Wilson about her mother’s dementia –Marie Wilson, founder of ‘Take Our Daughters to Work Day,’ LGBTQ+ leader, author, and equity-based feminist.
The dramatic ‘contract’ at the heart of this two-act performance is her mother’s request to be killed if she loses her mind. The production blends autobiographical storytelling, Hamlet, King Lear, karaoke, and audience engagement to explore the complex tension between choosing life and death—the “to be and not to be” of assisted suicide after a dementia diagnosis.
In No Contract, Wilson uses humor & heart to prevent both the performance & her mother’s life from becoming a Lear-like tragedy. As Wilson says in Act One, “My mother’s life was always supposed to be a romantic comedy, a 1950’s musical, except with lesbians dancing in the street. I will not let it turn toward tragedy.”
No Contract runs from 9/17/2026 - 10/4/2026, on Thursdays-Saturdays at 7 PM and on Sundays at 2 PM, with two special performances on 9/30 and 10/3 (more info via the link provided).
