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‘TitBits’ Performance at the Newhouse School Nov. 9 and 10 Features Stories Behind Breast Cancer

Thursday, October 24, 2019, By Wendy S. Loughlin
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The stories behind breast cancer—patient, survivor, caregiver, medical practitioner and advocate—are the center of the documentary theater production “TitBits: Breast Cancer Stories,” which will debut next month at the Newhouse School.

Conceived, produced and directed by Tula Goenka, professor of television, radio and film, and written by alumna Nancy Keefe Rhodes G’89 G’06 with Kyle Bass, associate director of Syracuse Stage, “TitBits” is part of the Look Now Project and presented as part of the Syracuse University Humanities Center’s 2019-20 Syracuse Symposium: Silence. It features the stories of Colleen Anderson, Deirdre Bordies, Anthony Deboni, Barbara Genton, AnnMarie Giannino-Otis, Samuel Gruber, Sheila Lemke and Anju Varshney.

Tula Goenka. Photo by Cindy Bell for Look Now.

Goenka, a breast cancer survivor, launched “Look Now: Facing Breast Cancer” in 2010 with the goal of focusing on survivors using a series of clothed and nude portraits to juxtapose their public personas with their private struggles. The project was relaunched in 2016 when Goenka received the rotating Newhouse Endowed Chair award. In 2018, a multimedia exhibition at Point of Contact Gallery showcased portraits of 25 project participants by photographer Cindy Bell. Those portraits will be displayed at Newhouse to coincide with the performance.

“Cancer doesn’t happen to an individual. It affects the family, the community and also those responsible for the medical care,” says Goenka.

“Believe it or not, ‘tits’ is one of the seven words not allowed on broadcast television. My aim is to reclaim the word by showcasing the different stories of our eight participants,” Goenka says. “I want to thank them for their courage in sharing their innermost thoughts and experiences with us with honesty, warmth and humor. I hope it is a deeply healing process for everyone in the auditorium.”

Performances, which are free and open to the public, will be held in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium, Newhouse 3, on Saturday, Nov. 9, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 10, at 2 p.m.

The event is co-sponsored by the Falk College and Light Work. Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) will be available. For more information, or if you require additional accommodations, contact Kristen Northrop at 315.443.7358 or kmnorthr@syr.edu.

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