Merryleggs 2010

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An early version of Merryleggs the Magic Pony was performed at Beyond Baroque in 2002, and the complete version was then performed at Highways Performance Space in 2003. This version was performed for Queer Open Mic at Behavioral Health Services in 2010. It has something of a “one-more-time-with-feeling” sense about it.

It provides a demonstration of what I have in mind by my concept of “animation” whereby the “who” of an interpersonal identity is brought to life (explored in chapter 2 and 6 of Beyond Personhood). It also explores my ever-present themes of the relegation of trans people to make-believe and the question of what determines the difference between make-believe and social reality (explored in chapter 4 of Beyond Personhood).