Adapted by Victoria Lewis
Date: Thursday November 29th at 7:00 pm
Location: Frederick Loewe Theatre
Cost: Free!
The play opens the doors on the first hearing of the Americans with Disabilities Act in September 1988. The room was packed with famous senators, disabled leaders, one Navy admiral, and regular disabled people from all over the country. Everyone had a story to tell. Combined those stories capture a moment of national crisis, a tipping point where the American identity was redrawn.
Come and enjoy an evening of social history as we consider the politics of theatre and resistance then and now. The documentary/verbatim script is taken from the transcripts of the September 27, 1988 joint hearing, interwoven with additional interviews from major players in the legislative battle.
This event is wheelchair accessible and interpreted in American Sign Language.