The Miracle

A bearded nun performing miracles? The surviving videos from prehistoric times seem irrefutable.
Sister Mary Wendy and the Order of Brah Brah are confident that a lasting solution to global crises
and conflicts is not far off, and are already recruiting new members. Who wouldn’t want to join them?

The Miracle uses contemporary, physical and wildly exuberant clown storytelling that complicates
genre and gender boundaries while charmingly inviting the audience to expand their own freedom.

Absurd, surprising, playful and fun, the show embarks on a search for myth-enshrouded, queer-
feminist ancestors from a not-so-distant past, whose knowledge of the miraculous power of
ambiguity and humor wants to be rediscovered! As Sister Mary Wendy, Olivia Platzer draws on a rich
canon full of wild women and genderqueer pioneers— from Baubo, who reveals her vulva to the
depressed goddess Demeter to cheer her up and thus end a global famine, to the popular saint
Wilgefortis, who as a crucified virgin with a beard became the patron saint of women in distress.
The Miracle tells of a community in which non-conformity, not conformity, is sacred.

With its combination of physical theater, humor and English text,
The Miracle is equally suitable for audiences with different language skills.

Language: English
Length // ca 55 min
Audience // 14 years +

Team:
Performer & Artistic Director: Olivia Platzer
Outside Eye & Technical Assistance: Bryce Kasson
Video & Artistic Assistance: Ale Bachlechner
Stage & Costumes: Olga Steiner
Mentor: Lila Monti
Writing Coach: Lory Leshin
Flyer: Mario Frank