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“If I reviewed my own show, it would cause so much trauma I’d have to make a painting about it.”

The 90-minute, action-packed performance uses travel as a metaphor for life’s unexpected twists and turns. “There is sadness and loss, but also beauty and excitement along the way,” Shana Carroll said.

“The 7 Fingers turns train travel into a contemplation on the human condition: from reaching a destination to landing on the wrong track, from being propelled forward to lying in limbo, from saying goodbye to embarking on a new adventure,” said host Jared Bowen.

“All of the wonderful things about live theater, about feeling each other’s pulse and all the visceral things that happen while you’re sitting in the room that don’t happen while you’re watching a screen are kind of tenfold when entering that acrobatic context,” [director, creator, and choreographer Shana] Carroll said.

“We’re holding each other. We’re supporting each other,” [performer Méliejade] Tremblay-Bouchard said. “That’s the beauty of this show, and people can feel it.”