Motus Theater Presents: No Contract by Kirsten Wilson – Performance for Immunocompromised Audiences

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*Note: This show is 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. 6pm performance.

“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 theatrical work written and performed by Motus Theater’s artistic director, Kirsten Wilson, about dementia in relation to her mother, 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 a mother’s request to be killed if she loses her mind to dementia. 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.”

Through Wilson’s advocacy amid systemic failures in elder care, the piece invites caregivers, LGBTQ+ residents, and aging Coloradans to see their experiences reflected and engage in community dialogue on equity, dignity, and end-of-life care.