Marie Garlock, PhD: Mobilizer. Educator. Co-creator.

FLIPPING CANCER — An interactive performance about health justice @USF-Tampa, November 8, 9, + 10, 2022

FLYERS FOR EVENTS

Tuesday November 8 - Workshop @2 - 3:15 pm

Wednesday November 9 - Talk @2 - 3:30 pm

Thursday November 10 - Performance @2 - 3:45 pm

Summary - All Campus Events

RSVP for any/all events — Reserve your spot in the audience here for 1 or more events November 8-10

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS

Seeking 4 to 6 people for a participant ensemble in the Flipping Cancer performance on Thursday November 10, 2-3:30 pm at USF-Tampa.

WHO

  • Inviting anyone who has faced cancer as a patient, family or friend caregiver, or healthcare provider (current, past, or in training). Across diverse experiences and professional disciplines, all are welcome.

  • Join for 2 rehearsals and a performance research presentation about advanced cancers and the power of stories to promote health justice.

  • All events are led by visiting artist-scholar in residence, Marie Garlock, Ph.D., with chaplain + musician Stacy Grove, M.Div.

WHAT

  • Flipping Cancer offers unique opportunities for onsite community participants, students, and faculty to share their insights about lived cancer and healthcare experiences. This collaboration highlights underrepresented cancer experiences through patient-centered practices.

  • The Flipping Cancer project began through interviews and focus groups with cancer patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers. It has been shaped in partnerships with Schools of Medicine, Hospital Systems, and Continuing Medical Education conferences with clinicians.

HOW

  • RSVP here to join the USF Tampa participant ensemble for the Flipping Cancer performance residency, hosted by the Department of Communication with support from the Judy Genshaft Honors College.

WHEN

  • Tuesday November 8, 2-5 pm — Open workshop 2-3:15, participant ensemble stays to build material together in a group rehearsal, 3:30-5 pm

  • Wednesday November 9, 4-6:30 pm — Dress/Tech Rehearsal with participant ensemble (with a casual dinner provided to performance collaborators)

  • Thursday November 10, 1:30-3:30 pm — Call time 1:30, Performance Production 2-3:30 with post-show dialogue until 3:45 (All are warmly invited to an optional, celebratory meal at 5 pm hosted by the Dept of Communication)

WHERE

  • All events in CIS #3020 “Performance Lab”, @USF Tampa — 3rd floor, Zimmerman / Communication + Information Sciences Building (202 E Fowler Ave (on USF Alumni Dr.) Tampa, FL 33620).

  • Free parking passes can be supported for off-campus participants, please inquire 2+ days in advance to arrange.

QUESTIONS

  • Contact marie@itisinyou.org or 919-607-5533. Text or call with any questions!

  • No prior performance/arts experience needed. All are welcome for this collaborative, meaningful project built in interdisciplinary community. (Scroll down for FAQs)

Photo 1 (by Snehal Patel): Healthcare provider + patient participants in the Levine Cancer Institute + Charlotte AHEC T.H.I.N.K. conference, Treating Health Inequities with New Knowledge

Photo 2 (by Andrew Synowiez): Healthcare provider + patient + patient caregiver participants in the UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine’s “Intensive Integration” program for clinical application (3rd year) student body + interdisciplinary faculty

FAQs

What will we do?

In open rehearsals workshopping the 75 minute performance Flipping Cancer, we will create 10-15 minutes of content together as a small group, woven into the existing 60 minute performance. Come join in this welcoming environment of healthcare storytelling and stress relief workshops Dr. Marie Garlock will lead and Rev. Stacy Grove will accompany with sound healing music. Would you be willing and able to grace us with your presence? Or might you know others that may benefit from joining?

We are grateful to Dr. Patrick McElearney for hosting us within the Department of Communication and its intersections in Health Communication, Performance and Cultural Communication. We seek partners across fields at USF-Tampa — Healthcare Humanities, Performing Arts, Medicine and Life Sciences, English, Social Sciences, Public Health, and more — to share insights with one another.

Who should come?

  • Patients or family caregivers with current or past experience facing cancer of any kind or stage.

  • Healthcare providers or health communication scholars (who may be faculty, students, or staff) with experience in cancer in your research, professional care, teaching, or family.

  • Participants in active treatment, with advanced disease, and all physical, mental, and energy capacities welcome! Wheelchair/walker accommodation. All ages, races, genders, incomes, languages warmly invited. No experience needed, just willingness to shed light on health justice issues you care about.

  • In particular, we’d like to honor folks with experience as patients, caregivers, or healthcare providers and care teams, re:

    • advanced and stage IV cancers 

    • pain and cancer care

    • palliative and supportive care

    • diverse racial and ethnic, gender and sexuality, age, education and income backgrounds, among others, that shape how our cancer experiences are or are not taken seriously in healthcare settings

    • people with common but seemingly “taboo” cancer experiences — like lack of or gaps in healthcare insurance, toxic environmental exposures, addressing mental health and emotional rollercoasters, and more

How will this happen?

  • 2 rehearsals on 11/8 and 11/9 and 11/10 performance participation (creating, practicing, performing an original ~10-15 minutes of content interspersed throughout the larger piece presented).

  • Open Rehearsals for “Flipping Cancer” Production will use InterPlay methods for healthcare storytelling, restorative movement, and memorable stress relief skills.

  • Led by artist/scholar Marie Garlock, PhD, and accompanied by live sound healing music from Rev. Stacy Grove, participants in this 4-6 person “Performance Group” will ultimately contribute to an educational performance keynote on 11/10 for researchers, teachers, and advocates at intersections of health and communication, medicine and narrative, science and culture.

  • We'll create ~10-15 minutes of meaningful, honest, vibrant content in the 1st workshop and practice together in the 2nd workshop. You will have a satisfying experience of expression, stress relief, and community-building as you prepare and are guided in a small group to:

    • Participate in 3-4 key moments in the live performance, each lasting 3-4 minutes

    • Guide audiences into the stage space for fun and thought-provoking interaction

    • Do simple movement, spoken text, and group theater images in the performance, based on InterPlay improvisational methods designed for all bodies