New York · July 22, 2026
Image created by Ker Chen
What happens when a woman's body refuses to keep going — and she refuses to stop? My Body Says No is a one-person performance about endurance, memory, and the things we carry inside us that we never say out loud.
TomokoH DeblinGer creates psychologically charged environments where the subconscious shapes behavior and buried memories surface through the body — built from text, video, and live performance into something closer to a waking dream than a conventional narrative. She brings a deep awareness to subjects we don't often talk about.
Developed through LAByrinth Theater Company's Summer Intensive and chosen for LAByrinth's 25th Annual Barn Series at 59E59 Theaters, HB Studio Residency '25, and Oyé Group's One Catches Light Festival '26. Will be presented at AND . . . A Mabou Mines Festival of Performance on July 22, 2026.
Mabou Mines
150 First Avenue (Second Floor), NYC 10009
Written & performed by TomokoH DeblinGer
Every morning at the Prospect Park station, a woman waits — and starts talking to strangers. As memory and time slip, fragments of motherhood, marriage, illness, and desire surface, shaped by gaman: the Japanese practice of enduring the seemingly unbearable with patience and dignity.
Part confession, part fever dream — a solo performance that asks what the body holds when the mind won't.
With support from LAByrinth Theater Company, 59E59 Theaters, HB Studio, Oyé Group, ArtsHub, and Mabou Mines.
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mybodyteam25@gmail.com