Inside/Out…voices from the disability community Coming to NYC
Last year, VSA arts commissioned Ping Chong & Company to create
Inside/Out…voices from the disability community, which premiered at
the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in June 2008.
Praised by the Washington Post as
"compelling...riveting...consistently eye-opening," this production
explores first-hand experiences of the disability community through
personal narratives. Inside/Out is reality theater, weaving the cast
members' individual stories with historical events. It is opening in
New York City March 20 and 21 with the original cast. Both
performances will be fully accessible to all audiences, including
audio description, sign language interpretation, captioning,
assistive listening, Braille and large print programs as well as
accessible seating for people who use wheelchairs. To hear audio
clips from the cast, visit www.vsarts.org<http://www.vsarts.org> and
click on Inside/Out on the left side of the page.
Please help us spread the word about one of this season's freshest
productions, with an authentic and sometimes irreverent take on
disability.
Friday, March 20, 2009 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 21, 2009 at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $25
TheTimesCenter Stage
242 West 41st Street
New York, New York
To purchase tickets, visit www.Ticketweb.com<UrlBlockedError.aspx>
or call 1.866.468.7619.
Elena Widder
Director of Performing Arts
VSA arts
818 Connecticut Avenue, NW #600
Washington, DC 20006
202-628-2800 (voice)
1-800-933-8721 (toll-free)
202-429-0868 (fax)
VSA arts is an affiliate of the John F. Kennedy Center for the
Performing Arts
This note was sent to me and I thought to include the additional
information here:
Ellen --
I think it's important for you and those you tell about "Inside/Out"
to know more about this remarkable theater piece. It is basically
reader's theater. The individuals in the cast were interviewed about
their life experience, including their relationship with disability.
They range in age from 24 to 65, with varying disabilities. The
participants tell their individual stories, but they are woven
together in a kind of spoken opera, quite rhythmically, with hand
claps punctuating different scenes in the show. It is a highly
verbal show -- not much action on stage -- so I think it is a
perfect theatrical experience for someone who is blind or has low
vision.
