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Leslie Cuyjet: For All Your Life

Feb 18–20, 2027
Theater
A person in a red blazer stands on a stage, gesturing with their hands. Behind them is a large screen displaying the words “For All Your Life” with horizontal bars between the phrases.
Leslie Cuyjet, For All Your Life. Photo: Marc J. Franklin. Courtesy the artist.

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When Feb 18–20, 2027
Where McGuire Theater
Time 7:30 pm
Price Tickets start at $25
Part of: Performing Arts Season 2026-27

Part of: Performing Arts Season 2026-27

Out There tickets are currently only available as part of a four-show series package. Purchase the package and save 15% (30% for Walker members). Single tickets go on sale at a later date.

“For All Your Life was a tour de force.” —New York Times 

Part informational film and part sales pitch, Leslie Cuyjet’s For All Your Life takes aim at the life insurance industry and its connection to the transatlantic slave trade. The show opens with an ironic art film in which the artist plays a suite of glossy corporate shills tasked with selling viewers a “one-of-a-kind investment opportunity.” As she moves from on-screen projection to in-person stage presence, the conceit’s facade begins to crack. Combining powerful choreography with theatrical satire, Cuyjet offers a biting critique of capitalism and society’s valuation of Black life.

Part of Out There 2027. 

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Part of: Performing Arts Season 2026-27

Part of: Performing Arts Season 2026-27

Program support provided by Nor Hall and Roger Hale.

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