At the intersection of disability and drama : a critical anthology of new plays / edited by John Michael Sefel, Amanda Slamcik Lassetter, Jill Summerville ; foreword by Calvin Arium.
Part one. First person singular. Stiff / Sherry Jo Ward ; The 2018 Invisable Man / Leroy F. Moore, Jr. ; An open letter to the usher at the theater who asked me if I was "the sick girl" / Amy Oestreicher ; RPM / Graham Bryant ; Whack job / Kate Devorak ; I come from hoarders / Carly Jo Geer ; A performer's monologue / Conner Long ; Why this monologue isn't memorized (a true story) / Kurt Sass ; Tinted / Amy Bethan Evans ; Invisidisability / Anonymous ; Crooked / Seeley Quest ; Last train in / Adam Grant Warren -- Part two. Past is present. The last reading of Charlotte Cushman / Carolyn Gage ; Tales of my uncle / Monica Raymond ; Gramp / Mandy Fox ; Dyscalculia / Katrina Hall -- Part three. Alone, together. The brechtones / Billy Butler ; Hiccups / Ben Rosenblatt ; Ex/centric fixations project / Bree Hadley ; The plague plays / Bradley Cherna ; Still standing / Anita Hollander.
Summary:
"'Cripples ain't supposed to be happy' sings Anita Hollander, balancing on her single leg and grinning broadly. This moment-from her multi-award-winning one-woman show, Still Standing-captures the essence of this theatre anthology. Hollander and nineteen other playwright-performers craftily subvert and smash stereotypes about how those within the disability community should look, think, and behave. Utilizing the often-conflicting tools of Critical Disability Studies and Medical Humanities, these playsand their accompanying essays approach disability as a vast, intersectional demographic, which ties individuals together less by whatever impairment, difference, or non-normative condition they experience, and more by their daily need to navigate a world that wasn't built for them. From race, gender, and sexuality to education, dating, and pandemics, these plays reveal there is no aspect of human life that does not, in some way, intersect with disability"-Provided by publisher.
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