every.single.one by Cherie Sampson

every.single.one

Empowering
Stories of
Resilience

Image: Dave Suggs for Minnesota Fringe Festival 2024

A performance
by Cherie Sampson

“every.single.one” is a solo intermedia performance that depicts personal, familial, and community experiences with hereditary cancer while exploring topics of genetics, integrative oncology, and healing from a patient’s perspective of modern medicine.

Performance & Projection design: Cherie Sampson (with painting by Doris Sampson incorporated into projections)

Videography by: Brian Macneel

The approach to my treatment is known as "integrative oncology”, which I strongly believe is an important facet in the future of oncology along with advances in medical science.

Healing in a cancer context does not necessarily mean being cured, nor even in remission, but an endeavor to attain as much wholeness as is feasible amid turmoil.

- Cherie Sampson, Living at the intersection of science and art inverview

Here's what people are saying about every.single.one

“By making "every.single.one" accessible to a wide audience, Cherie promotes dialogue and awareness surrounding cancer, healthcare, and patient advocacy on a global scale.”

Robin Dianics, Associate Director, Research Administration

Ellis Fischel Cancer Center, MU Health Care

"A highly personal story that weaves together genetics and family dynamics, and [Cherie’s] background in digital art, storytelling and movement to make her journey as a cancer survivor a powerful and inspiring play that I will recommend to anyone who has experienced cancer in their own life or has a relative or friend who has cancer or is a survivor (which is basically everyone I know).”

Dr. Carolyn Anderson, Steve and Karen Ellebracht Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Professor of Radiology

University of Missouri

What if every single one of us carried a hidden mutation for cancer risk?

An intimate performance blending personal testimony and the voices of those facing hereditary cancer.

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