 We're in the last year of the 3-year I.AM.PWD Campaign (Inclusion in the Arts & Media of People With Disabilities).
Please visit www.iampwd.org to learn about this campaign to transform performers with disabilities into performers with visibility. We'll be wrapping up in October with a bi-coastal industry summit.
Our campaign Watchdogs host a Yahoo Group where people can report what they've seen in the media regarding disability, both positive & negative.
Recently re-elected to the National Board of AFTRA, I'll be attending the national convention in Seattle this July, as we work with SAG to create a new union to face the industry challenges of the future.
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| 2011 began with working on Susan Seidelman's latest film Musical Chairs, in which I play a patient at a rehab center and give the lead character a very brief pep talk - in my swim suit! Yes, folks, if I'm not edited out, you will see me on the big screen in my racing suit saying "Cheer up, you're alive," in my inimitably optimistic fashion, to a brooding injured dancer. Sounds about right, doesn't it? |
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Photographer Susan Rosenberg Jones decided to do a photo essay on my husband & I, as a couple who's been married a long time (we're in our 25th year). Many beautiful and fascinated photos resulted, and they will be featured at various art shows around the country, and possibly in an upcoming book by Amy Arbus. Don't be surprised if you see us somewhere! |
In May, I am proud to say, I raised over $3000 for AIDS Walk NY and did the Walk in the rain this year! Our little 3-person team, The Wooden Shoe, raised over $10,000!!!
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June found me performing my original show, Still Standing: A Musical Survival Guide For Life's Catastrophes, here in NYC, at The Village Temple (June 5th).
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June 22-30 I'll be performing in Some Of Our Parts with Theatre Breaking Through Barriers, at the Harold Clurman Theatre on 42nd Street. It's an evening of 10-minute plays dealing with disability written by some fresh new playwrights (and I do mean fresh - as in irreverent), including Neil LaBute, Diana Son, Kate Moira Ryan and Bekka Brunstetter.
More info about the company is at: www.tbtb.org
July will find me in Seattle, as I mentioned above, and in September I'll be reprising the role of Job's wife in Danny Ashkenasi's wonderful oratorio 911: BOOK OF JOB around town for the 10-year commemoration of 911.
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