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Lydia Deetz in "Beetlejuice The Musical" belting in the stairway of her house

Lydia Deetz in "Beetlejuice The Musical" belting in the stairway of her house

Brittany Johnson

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2y

'Beetlejuice: The Musical': The Crude, Weird, Yet Emotionally Intelligent Show That Helped Me Through My Grief

Welcome to a show, er…story, I suppose, about death. I’ll be honest with you. “Beetlejuice” was never my favorite movie. I didn’t see it as a young girl because my mother isn’t into that aesthetic, and when I was old enough to watch it myself I wasn’t pulled in. I’m not a huge fan of [...]

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Theater masks, drama and comedy on a red curtain.

Theater masks, drama and comedy on a red curtain.

Jennifer Burgmann

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2y

Attending Realwheels Acting Academy as a Performer With a Disability

Realwheels Acting Academy, offered by Realwheels Theatre in Vancouver, BC, is the first acting program designed for disabled performers of its kind in North America. I have had the pleasure of being a part of the first ensemble to enroll in the three-year program. In 2004, I earned a BFA in Theatre at Simon Fraser [...]

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Young woman in wheelchair on stage.

Young woman in wheelchair on stage.

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2y

Why Performing Stage Combat With Cerebral Palsy Was a Real Battle

There’s an older boy in front of me, at a carefully measured distance of about 3 inches. He’s going to punch me. A fake punch, but I wouldn’t be any more nervous if he was going to hit me for real. He eyes me. I eye him. His eyes dart downward for just a second. [...]

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EhlersDanlosSyndrome 3y

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Hello, Fellow Actors ! #ActorsWithDisabilities #Acting #Theater

Actors, have you found a supportive agent or manager? Are there associations that can help us?
Hi! I am an actress, and I have #EhlersDanlosSyndrome and #PosturalOrthostaticTachycardiaSyndrome . I’m currently studying Acting in LA, but I’ve been doing plays since I was 4 years old.
Being an actor with #ChronicPain and invisible disabilities is very hard. Rehearsing for professional plays and being on set all day is extremely tiring. I usually spend 10-16 hours working. I can barely sleep and eat. Most directors and fellow actors are NOT understanding. I love acting, but I don’t know how to survive in this industry. Recommendations and tips are welcome! ☺️

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Autistic performers acting in a Zoom play.

Autistic performers acting in a Zoom play.

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Autism Spectrum Disorder

4y

How Our Autism-Inclusive Theatre Company Is Adapting to the Pandemic

The final day of the Next Stage Transitions Workshop at the Center for Applied Drama and Autism (CADA) is known as “The Sharing.” Sharing our work with friends and family can be a little less scary than performing for an invited audience; we make it a no-pressure event and run class as usual. A drama [...]

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Tracy Lee Allard

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COVID 4y

There are a lot of super cool artistic innovations going on!! Let’s share our favorite new shows art and new ventures!!

Lots of awesome stuff going on in the world even if stuff is hard because of covid people are innovations especially around Art what are your favorite new innovations (and yes it can be yours!) #COVID #CoronaVirus #Art #artrherapy #Theater #Film #Fashion #Disability #creative #innovation #New #Fun #Podcasts #Music #Dance

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Emily meeting Sebastian and Jai, stars of "A Christmas Carol" on Broadway in 2019.

Emily meeting Sebastian and Jai, stars of "A Christmas Carol" on Broadway in 2019.

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4y

What Disability Inclusion on Broadway Means to Me as an Actress With Cerebral Palsy

When I saw “Newsies” in 2013, I realized I wanted to be on Broadway. Not as Crutchie, the newsboy with a limp like me, but rather as Katherine, the intelligent journalist trying to break out. Kara Lindsay won me over as she belted out “Watch What Happens” with her golden voice. “That’s what I want [...]

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People in theatre audience.

People in theatre audience.

Sarah Rupp McKee

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5y

Why We Must Change How Dwarfism Is Portrayed in Theatre

I am a little person studying to get my master’s degree in theatre directing. Theatre is something I love endlessly. I cannot see myself doing anything else. That being said, I acknowledge there are commonly performed plays and musicals that very openly discriminate against little people. Sitting with this is difficult for me, so I [...]

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The Deaf and hearing cast of the musical "Stepchild" perform at IRT Theater. The musical combines singing, music and American Sign Language.

The Deaf and hearing cast of the musical "Stepchild" perform at IRT Theater. The musical combines singing, music and American Sign Language.

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5y

Deaf and Hearing Theatre Professionals Collaborate in New Musical 'Stepchild'

At the IRT, a small performance space in New York City’s West Village, a small group of Deaf and hearing performers and crew are pioneering a new vision for inclusive theatre with “Stepchild,” a musical that combines songs, spoken word and American Sign Language. Their recent, groundbreaking work-in-progress presentation, funded by a grant from the CreateNYC [...]

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Identity: The Musical poster.

Identity: The Musical poster.

Lauren Appelbaum

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Autism Spectrum Disorder

5y

This New Musical Is Written By and Stars Autistic People

In its premiere during the Evening of Miracles Gala, “Identity: The Musical” left audience members thinking about what being “perfect” actually means. Written and performed by actors with autism and of all abilities, “Identity: The Musical” is set in an era where decisions are made by data, as “data sees everything,” leading to a person’s [...]