How to Become a Saint (While Wearing Pants)

Welcome to SaintsÕ Heaven, and congratulations for being here! You must be really great. Today is St. MarinosÕ Saints Day and weÕre so glad that you could join the other Canonized to celebrate him. The Angels have helped him prepare his reenactment for you all, and we hear that Jesus is making a cake. We might even have a special guest arriving - have you ever heard of Joan of Arc? How to Become a Saint (while wearing pants) uses clown, physical theater and music to celebrate the queerness of sainthood. We highlight three saints who had major transitions in their lives: St. Marinos (female to monk), Margery Kempe (mother to virgin), and Joan of Arc (country girl to gender nonconforming military leader and icon). By looking at their stories, we ask: who gets to be a saint? What narratives do we choose to celebrate? And how does cake taste so good?