Cleaning in the House of Healing

Cleaning in the House of Healing is 40-minute film that shines a light on the often overlooked and  undervalued health care professionals who do the essential work of keeping hospitals clean and safe. 

The film is based on the original Theatre of Witness production with six environmental service workers ‘cleaners’ who clean in hospitals. The performers – Constance Turner, El-Shara Scott, Shamona Jones, Gloria Monson, Jerome Smith, and Nicole Champlin have cleaned in hospital trauma bays, operating rooms, emergency departments and patient rooms. With dignity and poetry, they share their personal life stories as well as their experiences and emotions after cleaning in a hospital setting following trauma, violence, illness and care. 

Cleaning in the House of Healing is particularly suited for health care students and professionals to learn about the lives of those who are often the least visible within the health care system – those who clean. 

Film directed by: Dax Roggio 

Original stage production produced, written and directed by: Teya Sepinuck 

Music by: Niyonu Spann 

Lead funding is provided by The William Penn Foundation 

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Film Screening 

Followed by Q&A with Director and Performers 

Performer Facilitated Workshop with Film Excerpts 

Especially suited for health care settings with other EVS workers and Staff Experiential Workshops with Teya Sepinuck .

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